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Arkansas AG Announces a Medicaid Fraud Conviction and a Medicaid Fraud Arrest

Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing one Medicaid fraud conviction and one separate Medicaid fraud arrest: On August 26, Shylee Earlette Hagler, 53, of Little Rock pleaded guilty to one charge of Medicaid fraud, a Class A misdemeanor. She was sentenced to six months suspended imposition, ordered to pay a $150 fine, and ordered to pay $297 in restitution. Hagler claimed to have provided personal-care services to a Medicaid beneficiary in their home on several dates when the beneficiary had already been admitted as an inpatient at a local hospital. On September 4, Zariaeah Blake, 24, of Pine Bluff was arrested on one charge of Medicaid fraud, a Class A misdemeanor. Blake allegedly billed for services not rendered while the Medicaid beneficiary was already admitted as an inpatient at a local hospital.