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Friday, September 20, 2019

Baltimore City Social Worker Pleads Guilty to Felony Medicaid Fraud


Baltimore, MD (September 20, 2019) - Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh today announced that Celeste Bland-Guary, 54, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to one count of felony Medicaid Fraud for submitting false claims to the Maryland Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid).  Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland sentenced Bland-Guary to a six-month suspended sentence and placed Bland-Guary on five years of supervised probation.  Judge Copeland also ordered Bland-Guary to pay $81,794.04 in restitution to Medicaid.  As a condition of the plea agreement, Bland-Guary is required to withdraw as a Medicaid provider and not reapply for five years.  Bland-Guary is also prohibited from working for any provider in a federally-funded health care program for five years.

Bland-Guary is a licensed clinical social worker who operated a private mental health practice in Baltimore City where she provided services to Medicaid recipients.  From April 2015 through October 2018, Bland-Guary submitted false claims to Medicaid and was reimbursed for services that she did not provide.  During the State’s investigation, Bland-Guary produced falsified documentation, including session notes and sign-in sheets.

Attorney General Frosh thanked the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for prosecuting the case, specifically Assistant Attorney General Tracee Orlove Fruman, Investigator Michael Glenn, and Investigator Julia Foster Tansmore.  Attorney General Frosh also thanked the Maryland Department of Health, Office of Inspector General for its assistance.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Make the punishment fit the crime!!!

Anonymous said...

6:23
I don't really see any punishment. People seem to know if they steal they may get away with it. If not they will just have to pay back the money.

LAW ABIDING CITIZEN said...

paying back the money is a good thing

going to jail.....is on our tax dime SIR

Anonymous said...

Joe can you please post Candice Owens testimony at capital Hill yesterday it was explosive and it's on YouTube.

Dab Nabit said...

This simply makes me want to vomit. We have illegals out there and us citizens that are doing the same thing. WE NEED A COMMITTED COMMITTEE TO COME DOWN ON ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM PAY EVERYTHING BACK AND AT LEAST GO TO WORK. SOME MAKING A MOCKERY OF OUR SYSTEM AND "STEALING" OUR MONEY.

DAB NABIT