The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that Jasmin Bryan, 46, of Haverhill pleaded guilty and was sentenced for defrauding MassHealth’s personal care attendant (PCA) program. Bryan was sentenced to one year in a House of Correction and 18 months of probation to begin from and after incarceration. Bryan, a MassHealth consumer, and Victor Simard, her personal care attendant, were indicted by an Essex County Grand Jury in July 2024 after engaging in a scheme to submit false claims to MassHealth for more than $150,000 in PCA services that Simard never provided to Bryan. The AGO had alleged that, since September 12, 2019, Bryan submitted timesheets to MassHealth’s fiscal intermediary reflecting that Simard provided services to her during times when he was incarcerated. According to jail calls between Bryan and Simard, both individuals were aware of and financially benefitted from the submission of the timesheets. In addition to her jail sentence, Bryan was ordered to pay restitution to MassHealth, refrain from any responsibility with the MassHealth PCA program, and refrain from any and all work involving billing and bookkeeping.