LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing the arrest of Charlotte Dedmon, 48, of Little Rock, on a felony charge of Medicaid Fraud:
“I congratulate my office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for securing the arrest of someone stealing from the hardworking taxpayers of Arkansas. A caregiver cannot marry a Medicaid beneficiary and then bill the state for services.
“I thank Special Agent Brandon Muldrow and Assistant Attorney General Gaby Davis-Jones for their work on this case in cooperation with Sixth Judicial District Prosecutor Will Jones.”
Dedmon was arrested on September 19. She married a Medicaid beneficiary and billed the state $5,898 for services as his caregiver. When notified by the provider she previously worked with that she could not be a caregiver to her husband, she switched to a new provider and kept the relationship hidden to continue receiving payment.
