Medicaid Fraud Indictment Alleges False Claims For Caregiver Services

United States Attorney for Wyoming Mark Klaassen announced Friday that 63-year-old Holly Lundahl was recently arrested in Rapid City, South Dakota following an indictment by a federal grand jury in Wyoming for three counts of healthcare fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft.

The charges involve allegedly fraudulent claims submitted to the Wyoming Medicaid program. The indictment is part of an ongoing investigation that is being conducted by the Wyoming Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. According to the indictment, Lundahl submitted false documentation to the Wyoming Medicaid program to register two individuals as care providers for a disabled Medicaid beneficiary.

The indictment further alleges that Lundahl submitted claims for services in both individuals’ names despite the fact that neither of these individuals provided the claimed services. Lundahl also allegedly signed herself up as a care provider using false documentation and contrary to Wyoming Medicaid rules. In total, Lundahl allegedly submitted over $73,000 worth of fraudulent claims between June 2016 and January 2020.