Breaux Bridge man busted on Medicaid fraud

A Breaux Bridge man is one of four arrested in a crackdown on Medicaid fraud, Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced recently.
The four were arrested last week and charged with defrauding the state’s Medicaid program by causing the submission of false claims for payment of services.
Dominic F. Jones Jr., 34, 2300 block of Grand Point Hwy, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of Medicaid fraud on April 7.
According to the AG’s office, agents discovered that from May 13 through June 10, 2014, Jones submitted service logs and time sheets to the personal care agency he was employed by indicating that he provided in-home care services to a Medicaid beneficiary who was actually an in-patient resident at a Lafayette hospital.
On 18 occasions, Jones submitted false time sheets and service logs to his employer for payment, resulting in the submission of fraudulent claims for a total of $1,406.16 to the Louisiana Medicaid program.
Jones was arrested with assistance from the St. Martin Sheriff’s Office and transported to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison investigators from the Louisiana Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for booking.
“Medicaid fraud cheats the taxpayers of Louisiana and the citizens that rely on vital health care services provided through the Louisiana Medicaid Program,” Caldwell said. “This abuse will not be tolerated.”
Also arrested on unrelated but similar charges were Bobbie Jean Hampton, 53, of Alexandria; Quintella Nathan, 38, of New Iberia; and Alexis Christopher, 26, of Baton Rouge.