In Sun Valley, two enterprising citizens, Lawrence Carter, 55, and Leasa Carter, 61, are invited by a grand jury to answer 69 felony charges, which is a number large enough to suggest ambition. The State alleges that they conducted a long-running enterprise that treated Medicaid less as a public trust and more as a public pantry.
According to the indictment, the two individuals allegedly utilized a system of umbrella companies designed to shield them from rainshowers of responsibility, through which they submitted claims for services that, unfortunately, never took place. The sum in question is at least $2 million, which, while not the largest fortune in Nevada, is a respectable take for work not done.
The charges further describe the use of borrowed identities, including those of older persons, and a habit undisclosed to various providers, an omission appearing to have been both frequent and profitable. Having been shown the door by Medicaid once, they allegedly reentered by way of the window.
Attorney General Aaron Ford observed that such conduct represents a breach of trust, which is a courteous way of describing a scheme that leans on the vulnerable while billing the public for the favor. The case is now in the hands of the courts, where the Carters will have the opportunity to explain how so much claimed came with so little done.
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