Kenyan Woman in Worcester, MA Charged with $2.7 Million Medicaid Fraud
A Kenyan woman in Worcester, Massachusetts was arrested on Wednesday and charged with stealing $2.7 million through Medicaid fraud.
Hellen Kiago, 47, is charged with defrauding the state’s Medicaid system through her Lifestream Healthcare Alliance, LLC company by over-billing and billing for services that not authorized.
At her arraignment on Wednesday at Worcester Superior Court, Massachusetts Assistant General Nita Klunder said Hellen defrauded the system by instructing her employees to forge physician signatures for care that was not authorized by a physician. She also reportedly billed for more hours than was authorized by physicians.
Lifestream Healthcare Alliance has offices in Worcester and Dracut, the court heard.
Assistant General Nita Klunder said that two days after a search warrant at the two offices on December 1st of last year, Hellen opened a bank account under her daughter’s name and deposited a he sum of money into the account. On July 28th authorities say they found $233,000 in the daughter’s account, and another $483,000 in two other accounts.
In January of this year, Hellen wired $1 million to a bank account in Kenya, and another $500,000 to the same bank account two months later.
Hellen faces five counts of Medicaid false claims and one count of larceny over $250 by false pretences.
She pleaded not guilty. Her bail was set at $100,000 cash. Hellen was also ordered by Judge Janet Kenton-Walker to surrender her passport and reported to the probation office every week if she manages to get out on bail.
Her next court appearance is December 6th.
Hellen’s defense attorney told the court that Hellen came to the US on a scholarship in 1998 and holds two masters degrees. The attorney also said that Hellen worked as a teacher in Worcester from 2001 to 2014. In addition to the health care company, Hellen owns a transport company, Lifestream Transportation, the attorney said.
Comments (31)
😂😂😂😂...jeee huuu ni ungwanaaa
Labda Kiago amwite Maraga amuhonge ndipo azikize keshi yake aponyoke.La sivyo ni lazima utumike miaka tano na uripe pesa ulizoimba.US is not Kenya mama.I wonder where tribalists are watwambie ni kabila gani imeimba kwashambambu mwanamuke hana kabila wala hana rika.
If you cannot comment properly in Swahili, wachia wanao ifahamu lugha. Nilicheka kusoma hayo mawasiliano yako. Kiswahili ulipata E ama?
What a Minute! I Think You just Made Matters Worse. Hah! Lol!!!
Eti ameimba? Kuimba is to sing msapere wangu. And why are you bringing in the tribal mix in this fogery thing? The people whose unblical cord were cut with forging things are plenty up the slopes. So they know themselves. I bet the money was probably wired into that fogery bank called Equal Bank. Ama?
Equity Bank. Hah!
@Omera which l believe is not your genuine name,first l would advice you to take kiswahili class if you want to pass your messages in kiswahili or pass it in your mother tongue or English for one to understand your message and that is my take.
Wait what did you say Omera that isn't Swahili is it?
And we are going to feed her in prison with our money and pay for her medical services.
I will do all i can to befriend her before she enters MCI-Framingham.I will make sure that she signs me as her sole monthly visitor.
OMERA. I take you Seriously for 1st or 2nd time because I know You're not Kidding about Visiting her.
and marry her in prison. The prison guard will conduct the wedding ceremony
Lol! That's a good one.
And your ass will be with her wherever she is
Tama iliuwa fisi. She should have jeted long time ago naende ajifiche uko mount Elgon kwa wa pokot na ambandilishe majina.Jinga kikuyu na pesa.Ama she should have contacted Anna Waiguru amuletee magunia kutoka kenya.Jinga bure kabisa.
"ambandilishe" ni kusema nini sasa??
Mark 8:36 King James Version (KJV)
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Good Question for Nicholas Biwott and William Ruto.
A mere teacher yet she owns 2 companies.This are the people who know what they came to do here majuu.Some of us tulikuja tu kuwasindikisha.You should have quit while you were ahead and by that I mean the time they started investigations last year.Your lawyer may have convinced you otherwise but deep down ulijua siku yako itafika hukujipanga sasa kumueumana .What will or can you do.
The lawyer needs money. S/he will defend you even if s/he knows you will lose.
Sisi tulikuja Marekani na Ulaya kuhesabu Wazungu wakati wenzetu wanatengeneza hela.
There are two countries out of the 54 countries of Africa that terrorize the world citizens and soil the name of their countries of origin: KENYA and NIGERIA!
No wonder my folks and kin always wonder to which America did I go because I wouldn't measure up to such entrepreneurship where economics are made supa duka (super duper) easy.
These are the kind of people that makes Kenyans who have never been to majuu think we collect money on the streets. Even if you are making six figures it will be very hard to send home $1M.
Woi...tis true @OneDay...kin wonder and murmur..... lakini our God will bless our sweat abundantly. Thieves, prostitutes, et al are born... hard to learn these things...me thinks
For sure, we need to stop STEALING. TUMEIBA ya kutosha nyumbani until we extend in diaspora. Now, some of us begin to brag that we work hard yet it is STEALING. At home we steal and go scott free since we are the resident, the judge, the lawyer, the police. What we don't know is that we are tainting our image in a bad way.
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Kwanza tupatiane credo where credo is due. Huyu mwanamke alijua kilichomleta America. Wakati watu wengi wanfanya madoubles, alianzisha biashara bili in less than 20 years. Makof ya kilo. Sasa ubaya ni hule hule - greed. Hatuwezi kusema hizo biashara ni baya. The woman has what it takes to make the $$ lakini she took it zaidi...alifanya ki-Trump lakini..Alifanya kama Wakuu wa jamhuri ya Kenya lakini....
You can't equate Kenya and USA. Yes there is corruption in US but once you are caught, you face the music. Your friends desert you; You can't bribe the judge or the prosecution! The best thing you can do is cut a deal with the DA. And guess what, the deal includes a mandatory jail time and restitution for all the money you stole! By the time you get out of jail, you will be a convicted felony and a piece of shit! On the other hand in Kenya, if you steal millions you become an instant hero! Your tribe rallies around you to protect one of their own! The same poor fellows reward you with an elective post (a good example is Waiguru) so that you can steal more! Case closed
How much did she wire to Equity...?
I hope she saved her whole family and village. If not,incarceration will be a bitter pill sister.