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Portsmouth business owner pleads guilty to $1.3M Medicaid fraud
The owner of a Portsmouth home health care and mental health care services business with a location in Chesapeake pleaded guilty Monday to charges stemming from illegally receiving more than $1.32 million through Medicaid fraud, the Eastern District of Virginia U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Whitteney Guyton pleaded guilty to one count of health care […]
Government | Politics 2023: JASON MIYARES
Miyares, whose mother fled communist Cuba in the 1960s for the United States, is the first Hispanic person elected to statewide office in Virginia. He became the state’s attorney general in 2022 after representing part of Virginia Beach in the House of Delegates for six years. Since assuming office from a two-term Democratic AG, Republican […]
Va. AG hiring staff to target unemployment fraud
Virginia’s attorney general on Thursday announced he has signed an agreement with the Virginia Employment Commission to hire more staff dedicated to investigating and prosecuting fraudulent unemployment claims, a problem that has cost the state more than $100 million since 2020, a report estimates. According to Attorney General Jason Miyares‘ spokeswoman, Victoria LaCivita, his office [...]
