FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
July 23, 2015
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Mike Lewis (334) 353-2199
Alabama Attorney General
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
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AG STRANGE ANNOUNCES INDICTMENT OF OWNER OF
JEFFERSON COUNTY COUNSELING SERVICE FOR MEDICAID FRAUD
(MONTGOMERY)–Attorney General Luther Strange announced the arrest of
Victor Paul Williams, 57, of Leeds, for filing false claims with the Alabama Medicaid
Agency and theft of property in the first degree. Williams surrendered at the
Montgomery County Detention Facility yesterday and was released on a $10,000 bond.
The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit presented evidence to a
Montgomery County grand jury resulting in an indictment* dated July 17 charging
Williams with filing numerous false claims to the Alabama Medicaid Agency totaling
over $40,000. It is alleged that Williams perpetrated a scheme to bill the Alabama
Medicaid Agency for counseling services that were never provided and then attempted
to conceal the fraud by manipulating treatment records. Williams had several
contractors providing the actual services; however, he was billing for far more services
than these individuals were actually performing. When confronted, Williams
attempted to manufacture paperwork to support the billings.
Medicaid fraud is an unclassified felony with a maximum possible prison
sentence of five years. Theft of property in the first degree is a class B felony which
carries a possible prison sentence of two to 20 years in the Department of Corrections.
Attorney General Strange commended his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for its
steadfast investigation of this case, as well as the Alabama Medicaid Agency’s Program
Integrity Unit, which referred the case for investigation and prosecution.
*An indictment is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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