Article - Jun 28, 2008 - 2The Advocate

Woman indicted in Medicare fraud

By Bill Lodge

A Port Allan woman was indicted this week by a federal grand jury on allegations she obtained $103,982 through false claims submitted to Medicare.

Cleopatra Lacour Montgomery, 52, could not be reached at her home telephone Friday. And the U.S. District Clerk’s office in Baton Rouge reported that no attorney had yet been listed in court records for her defense.

“Medicare fraud is a major and increasingly serious problem that costs taxpayers billions in lost and wasted dollars,” Mike Fields, special agent in charge of the Dallas Regional Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said in a written statement.

“Every dollar that we save or recover allows us to better serve those who really need and deserve our help,” Fields said. He added that Montgomery’s indictment “sends a message to those who corruptly take advantage of the Medicare system.”

According to the indictment obtained by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rene Salomon, Montgomery used her PL Medical Services Inc., to bill Medicare for medical equipment that was either never supplied to patients or was not the expensive equipment ordered for them.

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