WASHINGTON (7News) — A Maryland woman was indicted on charges alleging she fraudulently billed the District’s Medicaid program for more than $109,000 in services she did not provide, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced.
Prosecutors allege Camille Aba, 32, worked as a community support worker for Family Wellness Center from 2022 to 2023, providing support services to Medicaid beneficiaries who were clients of the center.
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The D.C. Department of Health Care Finance began investigating Aba after a Washington Post story about a man accused of shooting two people on a D.C. bus. Aba had claimed she provided services to the man days before the shooting, then changed her notes to say she had not spoken with him, according to the government’s allegations.
Further investigation found that Aba allegedly failed to provide services to the man and other beneficiaries. The government alleges she submitted falsified claims to Family Wellness Center, leading the Medicaid agency to pay more than $109,000 for services that were not provided.
Aba faces 38 total counts of fraud and theft, including 36 first-degree felonies.
The D.C. Office of the Inspector General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the U.S. Attorney’s Office investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Linda Monroe is prosecuting it.
A felony status conference is scheduled for Dec. 16. No trial date has been set.
This post was originally published on Fox 45 by Sinclair Media Group.
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