Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing seven arrests made recently by his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: On October 3, Kimberly Rios, 39, of West Memphis was arrested and charged with Medicaid fraud, a Class B felony. Rios submitted claims for in-home personal care services that, according to location data, were not provided as reported. Records indicate Rios was not at or even near the clients’ residences at the times she claimed to have provided services. She improperly billed Medicaid a total of $15,436.80. On October 9, Latonya Jackson, 51, of Fort Smith was arrested and pleaded guilty to one count of Medicaid fraud, a Class A misdemeanor. She was sentenced to one day of jail (suspended) and ordered to pay $830.50 restitution, a $250 fine, and court costs. Jackson billed for services she claimed to provide while the Medicaid beneficiary was hospitalized, despite Jackson not working at the hospital.