Mental Health Counselor Receives Six

NC 2026 Behavioral Health
OIG Healthcare Fraud
Penalty
$6.1 million

Outcome

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Mental Health Counselor Receives Six — $6,100,000 Criminal

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A mental health counselor who admitted overseeing a health care scheme that defrauded Medicaid of at least $6.1 million for sham mental and behavioral health services was sentenced to 72 months in prison today, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Linda Smoot Radeker, 72, of Shelby, N.C. was also sentenced to serve two years under court supervision and to pay $6,156,674.68 as restitution to Medicaid.

HHS Office of Inspector General

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Source: Mental Health Counselor Receives Six-Year Prison Sentence for Defrauding Medicaid of $6.1 Million

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