South Dakota Woman Convicted of Health Care Fraud and Identity Theft in Wyoming

Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Bob Murray announced Thursday that 64-year-old Holli Telford Lundahl of Oelrichs, South Dakota was convicted by a jury on charges of three counts of health care fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft after a one-week trial in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming. Lundahl is scheduled to be sentenced in Cheyenne on July 12. According to the Department of Justice, in March of last year, Lundahl was indicted on the charges which included three overlapping schemes to defraud Wyoming Medicaid by submitting false claims for long-term care provided to Lundahl’s sibling, and the unlawful possession and use of identity information of two individuals in furtherance of two of the charged schemes.

The case was investigated by the Wyoming Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and prosecuted by Senior Assistant Attorney General Travis Kirchhefer of the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office and Assistant United States Attorney Eric Heimann. On March 25, Lundhahl was found guilty of Theft of Government Property and Supplemental Security Income Benefits Fraud following a federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. Lundahl has not yet been sentenced for the convictions in South Dakota.