Charlotte Jury Finds Former Owner of Mental Health Clinic Guilty Of Defrauding Medicaid Using Stolen Identities of Child

NC 2026 Behavioral Health
OIG Identity Theft Medicaid Fraud
Penalty
$700,000

Outcome

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Charlotte Jury Finds Former Owner of Mental Health Clinic Guilty Of Defrauding Medicaid Using Stolen Identities of Child — $700,000 Criminal

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal jury sitting in Charlotte returned a guilty verdict today for a Charlotte man accused of conspiring to defraud Medicaid of at least $700,000, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Calvin Cantrell Estrich, 32, of Charlotte, was convicted following a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. Estrich was also found guilty of committing health care fraud, making false statement in connection with a health care program, stealing the identities of children and clinicians to commit the fraud, money laundering and making false statements to investigators.

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