Former public defender sentenced to prison for healthcare fraud
A former public defender from western Iowa was sentenced to five months in prison for defrauding Medicaid and cancer patients. The attorney was accused of selling fraudulent medical equipment.
A former public defender from western Iowa has been sentenced to five months in prison for defrauding Medicaid and cancer patients. In June, a federal grand jury in Nebraska charged Iowa-licensed attorney Cassi Wigington with healthcare fraud. Prosecutors alleged that beginning in 2012, Wigington fraudulently sold medical equipment such as custom-made breast prosthetic devices for women […]
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