Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced the sentencing of Tasha S. Saunders, 46, and her daughter Tamyra Jordan, 26, both of Parkville, Maryland, for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicaid of more than $3.6 million. On December 8, 2025, Saunders was sentenced to a total of 10 years of incarceration—5 years for each of two counts of Medicaid Fraud. On November 6, 2025, Jordan was sentenced to 5 years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $232,900 restitution for her role in the fraud. A third co-defendant, Robert Higgins, will be sentenced on January 13, 2026. Higgins previously pleaded guilty and agreed to pay back $341,900.
Between November 2019 and September 2024, Saunders operated two behavioral health companies, Guiding Lives Inc. and Another Chance Supportive Services LLC (ACSS) that submitted fraudulent claims for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program (PRP) services. PRP is a program that provides community-based comprehensive rehabilitation and recovery services for individuals suffering from serious mental health conditions. Saunders recruited Jordan, her daughter, to manage and conduct billing for Guiding Lives Inc. The defendants accomplished the fraud by systematically forging signatures, composing fake patient records, and stealing the identities of unwitting healthcare providers and Medicaid recipients alike, causing Maryland Medicaid to reimburse $3,672,958.66 for services that were not provided.