Boone County couple pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud

Kyler Swaim
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BOONE COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A Boone County couple pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud, according to a news release from Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin.

Daniel Caudle, 36, and Misty Berdine, 33, both of Omaha, Arkansas, were paid caregivers for their son through Elite Senior Care and billed Medicaid for payments when the child was not in their custody, the release said.

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Each was sentenced to one year of probation, restitution of $3,526.87 and a fine of $1,763.44 plus court costs.

“Claiming Medicaid payments for providing care to their son when he was not in their custody is egregious and an affront to hardworking Arkansas taxpayers,” Griffin said in the release.

The release also says Caudle and Berdine will be excluded from the State Medicaid Program for an amount of time to be determined by the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General.

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