The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office has announced the arrest of a Rock Hill woman on charges of Medicaid fraud and obtaining property under false pretenses. Simone S. Reeves, 45, was taken into custody earlier this week and booked into the Richland County Detention Center.
The arrest follows an investigation by the Attorney General’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud (VAMPF) unit. According to the investigation, Reeves, a licensed professional counselor, allegedly submitted fraudulent claims to the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the state’s Medicaid program.
Between February 2018 and May 2019, Reeves, who was employed by H.I.S. Counseling LLC, is accused of submitting falsified timesheets. These documents claimed she had provided more than $10,000 in behavioral health services to minor Medicaid beneficiaries when, in fact, those services were never rendered.
The case will be prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office. If convicted of obtaining property under false pretenses (a felony), Reeves faces a potential penalty of up to 10 years in prison. The charge of medical assistance provider fraud is a misdemeanor, which carries a penalty of up to three years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000.
Attorney General Alan Wilson emphasized that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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