LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas couple who were paid caregivers for their son recently pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud after billing Medicaid for payments during weeks when he was not in their custody.
According to reports, 36-year-old Daniel Caudle and 33-year-old Misty Berdine, both of Omaha, Arkansas, were each sentenced to 12 months of probation, a restitution of $3,526.87, and a fine of $1,763.44 plus court costs.
Additionally, they will both be excluded from the State Medicaid Program for a time period that the Office of Medicaid Inspector General will determine.
“Earlier this week, the defendants pleaded guilty to Medicaid Fraud, a Class A misdemeanor. Claiming Medicaid payments for providing care to their son when he was not in their custody is egregious and an affront to hardworking Arkansas taxpayers. I congratulate my office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit on their diligence to secure these guilty pleas, particularly investigator Dane Pederson and Senior Assistant Attorney General Sharon Strong, who worked in conjunction with Sixth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Will Jones,” stated Attorney General Tim Griffin.