Of the dozens and doze of federal fraud cases we’ve been tracking, very few have actually gone to trial, and not one in more than a year. A case captioned USA v. Sharmaine Meadows (File No. 26-cr-90) appears set to break that streak. The case was charged back in May and the trial is scheduled to begin on September 25 and extend into early October. In this world, that’s lightning speed.
Meadows is accused of defrauding the Medicaid program through a now-discontinued program called Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) through her company, Cradle of Love LLC. The feds allege (Indictment, p. 7),
She was originally charged with three counts of health care fraud. On Wednesday (September 2) the grand jury handed down a superseding indictment, which added two additional fraud counts.
Meadows is described as aged 45 out of Lake Elmo. In her first court appearance, a consular notice was read into the record, suggesting the possibility that she may not be an American citizen.
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