Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested a Slidell woman for Government Benefits Fraud. 35-year-old Candace M. Taylor, of Rousset Ridge in Slidell, was arrested on Monday, July 28, 2025. Special Agents assigned to the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, the criminal investigative division of the Louisiana Department of Justice, received a complaint from the Louisiana Department of Health in reference to Taylor allegedly committing Medicaid Recipient Fraud. The complaint alleged that Taylor underreported her income in order to receive Medicaid benefits. According to arrest records, between 2020 and 2024 Taylor engaged in a series of actions to apply for and receive Medicaid benefits through misrepresentation, concealment, and non-disclosure of required information. In May of 2019, she applied under the alias “Candace Sailor,” in which she reported her income as $1,900 bi-weekly and claimed no dependents. This application was denied due to exceeding the income threshold. Less than one year later, on March 23, 2020, she re-applied using the same misspelled name.
Taylor was also inconsistent with the years she reported having a dependent, according to arrest records. The affidavit reveals agents discovered that Taylor is the owner of six different companies. That led them to secure a subpoena for Taylor’s tax records from the Louisiana Department of Revenue, which were produced in April 2025, which “further supported evidence of misrepresentation.” The affidavit states that between January 2020 and December 2024, Taylor’s multiple businesses collectively generated over $9.5 million in revenue across various accounts controlled by her.