Judge Accepts Woman’s Change Of Plea To Guilty For Submitting False Bills

Mealey's (June 4, 2019, 1:28 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on May 30 accepted a woman’s change of plea from not guilty to guilty on one charge of conspiracy to commit health care fraud for her role in the submission of $1.7 million in false bills to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP) for constant treatment of one patient that she was not providing (United States v. Chante Carrothers, et al., No. 18cr374, N.D. Ill.)....