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 COFFEE COUNTY COUNSELOR FOR MEDICAID FRAUD
(MONTGOMERY)–Attorney General Luther Strange announced the arrest of
Gwendolyn Lajonda Robinson, 36, of Enterprise, for filing false claims with the
Alabama Medicaid Agency and theft of property in the first degree. Robinson
surrendered at the Montgomery County Detention Facility today 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
Robinson with causing numerous false claims to be filed with the Alabama Medicaid
Agency. The fraudulent claims caused more than $40,000 to be paid for services never
rendered. It is alleged that Robinson, who was working for Turning Point Counseling
as associated licensed counselor, submitted falsified records in order to be
compensated. The owners of Turning Point in turn billed the Alabama Medicaid
Agency. Robinson fabricated treatment records in order to cover her fraud, sometimes
placing herself in two or three places at once. Management from Turning Point was
unaware of the scheme and cooperated fully with the investigation.
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, who referred the case for investigation and prosecution, and Turning
Point Counseling Service for its assistance in the investigation.
*An indictment is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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