Compliance Director Keke Komeko Johnson and Office Manager Francine Sims Super both convicted for their roles in paying Medicaid kickbacks to patients at Life Touch LLC substance abuse treatment company.

Life Touch LLC (Kinston, NC) — Patient Kickback Scheme / Compliance Officer Convicted

Outcome: Compliance Director Keke Komeko Johnson and Office Manager Francine Sims Super both convicted for participating in scheme to pay Medicaid kickbacks to substance abuse treatment patients.

Life Touch LLC, a substance abuse treatment company based in Kinston, North Carolina, operated a Medicaid kickback scheme in which the company paid financial inducements directly to Medicaid patients to encourage them to receive treatment at the facility. Two senior staff members — the Compliance Director and the Office Manager — were convicted for their roles in the scheme.

The conviction of the Compliance Director is particularly significant: rather than detecting and preventing the kickback payments as their role required, Keke Komeko Johnson actively participated in the scheme. This illustrates a critical compliance program failure — when the compliance function is captured by the fraud, no internal control can self-correct.

Both Johnson and co-defendant Francine Sims Super (Office Manager, Kinston) pleaded guilty. The case also involved tax violations. Prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina; enforcement action dated August 25, 2025.

Primary Source: Compliance Director and Office Manager of Substance Abuse Company Convicted in Scheme to Pay Medicaid Kickbacks to Patients