Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) obtained a Medicaid Fraud conviction against Dajah Sanders, who received payment for providing personal care services while incarcerated in the St. Louis County Justice Center. Sanders collaborated with her mother, Medicaid recipient Melissa Bates, to clock Sanders in and out as if Sanders was still providing services while Sanders was incarcerated. Missouri Medicaid’s Consumer-Directed Personal Care Program allows eligible Medicaid recipients to hire a personal care attendant (PCA) to provide personal care services for them in their home. While Sanders was in jail, submitted timesheets claimed she was providing four hours of personal care services to her mother per day for eight days. MFCU investigator’s analysis of bank account deposits and withdrawals indicates Sanders and her mother were check-splitting — a situation in which the Medicaid recipient and PCA collaborate to submit false claims then divide or split the fraudulently obtained Medicaid funds. A total of seven false claims for services allegedly provided by Sanders to Bates were submitted while Sanders was in jail and could not provide services. The total loss to Missouri Medicaid for the fraudulent claims was $533.01. Sanders was sentenced to pay restitution of $266.50, double damages of $533.01, and a civil penalty of $2,500 for a total of $3,299.51.