Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that Ekelekamchukwu Alphonsus Ngwadom was sentenced to two consecutive sentences of 6–17 months, suspended for 36 months of supervised probation. As conditions of probation, he was ordered to 90 days of house arrest and ordered to pay $72,014.66 in restitution after pleading guilty to 27 counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. Between February 18, 2020, and March 18, 2021, Ngwadom submitted $72,014.66 in fraudulent claims to Alliance Health for providing behavioral health services to 27 Medicaid recipients, including children, that were never provided. Alliance Health then paid Ngwadom based on those false claims.