弗吉尼亚州居家护理机构六人盗领医疗补助1000万美元，三名业主分别被判120、96与72个月
2026年3月17日，美国司法部弗吉尼亚西区联邦检察官办公室宣布，弗吉尼亚州一家居家护理机构的六名被告在位于弗吉尼亚州 Lynchburg 的联邦地区法院被判刑：六人以从未提供的服务向弗吉尼亚州医疗补助（Medicaid）计划虚假申报，六年间盗领1000万美元。三名业主中，Carolyn Bryant-Taylor 被判120个月，Kafomdi Josephine Okocha 被判96个月，Samuel Okocha 被判72个月；另三名被告 Eno Utuk、Elizabeth Ilome 与 Shekita Gore 均被判缓刑。法院还判令六人向弗吉尼亚州医疗补助计划连带赔偿共1000万美元。
据法庭文件，三名业主经营的 1st Adult N Pediatric Healthcare Services 是一家加入医疗补助的居家健康机构，在弗吉尼亚州全境提供私人值班护理、个人护理与喘息照护服务，Gore 任护理主任，Utuk 与 Ilome 受雇提供护理与个人照护。
2017年至2023年间，被告一伙伪造记录与文件，以未提供的服务向医疗补助申报；Bryant-Taylor 与 Josephine Okocha 还安排向患者的父母或监护人付款，换取签好名的空白护理记录，再填上内容用作申报依据，申报的护理量或完全不存在、或远超实际提供量。一伙人承认，造假申报给医疗补助计划造成的实际损失为1000万美元。
此案由联邦调查局与弗吉尼亚州总检察长办公室医疗补助欺诈控制组调查，美国卫生与公众服务部提供协助，弗吉尼亚西区联邦检察官办公室起诉。
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Six Sentenced in Virginia for Stealing $10 Million From Medicaid; Three Home Health Owners Get 120, 96 and 72 Months
On March 17, 2026, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia announced that six defendants from a Virginia home health agency were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Lynchburg, Virginia, for stealing $10 million from the Virginia Medicaid system over six years by submitting false claims for services that were never provided. Of the three owners, Carolyn Bryant-Taylor was sentenced to 120 months, Kafomdi Josephine Okocha to 96 months, and Samuel Okocha to 72 months; three additional defendants, Eno Utuk, Elizabeth Ilome and Shekita Gore, were each sentenced to probation. The court also ordered the defendants to pay restitution totaling $10 million to Virginia Medicaid.
According to court documents, the three owners operated 1st Adult N Pediatric Healthcare Service, a Medicaid-enrolled home health agency providing private duty nursing, personal care and respite care services throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, including in the Western District. Gore was the director of nursing, while Utuk and Ilome were employed by the agency to provide nursing and personal care.
Between 2017 and 2023, the defendants conspired to submit false claims to Medicaid for services not provided, falsifying records and documentation in support of the claims. Bryant-Taylor and Josephine Okocha arranged to pay the parents or guardians of patients in exchange for blank, signed nursing notes, which were then filled out and used to support billing; the amounts billed either reflected nursing services that were not provided at all, or far more than was actually provided. The conspirators acknowledged that the actual loss to the Medicaid program from the fraudulent billing was $10,000,000.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Virginia Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, with assistance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia.
来源：美国司法部弗吉尼亚西区联邦检察官办公室
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