Each of the defendants faces 23 criminal counts, including fraud, theft and fraudulent insurance acts.
There is limited information about the alleged fraud in the grand jury’s indictment, but it indicates the defendants overbilled Medicaid and the insurance companies and, in at least some instances, submitted false medical billing codes.
Carlson’s MediCenter clinics appear to have closed sometime after the Alaska Medicaid Fraud Control Unit’s investigation began. According to a Peninsula Clarion newspaper story from 2019, investigators had searched MediCenter’s offices that July. Phone numbers at both clinics are now disconnected. None of the defendants had attorneys listed in court records as of Friday.is one of our partner stations in Anchorage. KTOO collaborates with partners across the state to cover important news and to share stories with our audiences.A national prison research group says American Indians and Alaska Natives are vastly overrepresented in state prison systems nationwide — and Alaska tops the list.
Federal charges accuse the commissioner of depositing relief funds into personal accounts to finance businesses, pay off taxes, and buy cryptocurrency.
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