Attorney General Bondi's Office Arrests Three Orange County Women for Medicaid Fraud

Unknown 2026 Behavioral Health
OIG Medicaid Fraud
Penalty
$45,000

Outcome

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Attorney General Bondi's Office Arrests Three Orange County Women for Medicaid Fraud — $45,000 Settlement

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -Attorney General Pam Bondi's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the Winter Garden Police Department, the Orlando Police Department and the Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested three Orange County residents, Shirley Simmons, 46, Keisha Carter, 36, and Kandida Michel-Ross, 36, following allegations of Medicaid fraud for billing more than $45,000 worth of fraudulent, duplicative and unauthorized mental health targeted case management services. Mental Health Targeted Case Management services are designed to link Medicaid recipients having persistent and serious mental health disorders to community based services.

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