Counselor Leann Richardson guilty of Medicaid fraud

October 28, 2013

On September 17, 2013, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma announced that licensed professional counselor Leann Richardson pleaded guilty to health care fraud in connection with a scheme to bill Medicaid for counseling services that were never provided. She faces up to ten years in prison and fines of as much as $250,000 when she is sentenced.