LITTLE ROCK – Following a guilty plea entered by Shaona Mizell, 52, of Paragould in Pulaski County Circuit Court on Jan. 23, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement:
"Earlier this week, defendant Mizell pleaded guilty to Medicaid Fraud, a class A misdemeanor. Protecting the dollars of hardworking Arkansas taxpayers from fraudsters is a duty I take seriously. Those who think they can get away with Medicaid Fraud should think again.
“I congratulate my office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit on their diligence to secure this conviction, particularly investigator Dane Pederson and Assistant Attorney General Gabby Davis-Jones, who worked in conjunction with Sixth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Will Jones.”
Mizell was a personal care aide who billed Medicaid for several months of care that she did not provide. She was sentenced to one year of probation, a $200 fine and payment of $3,331.38 in restitution to the Arkansas Medicaid Program.
