Public Assistance Fraud

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Public assistance fraud involves participants that intentionally misrepresent their identity, their income, their familial situation or their living situation in order to gain benefits from public assistance programs such as cash or food assistance, Medicaid or child care subsidies. Public assistance recipients can also be the victim of public assistance scams, often those that result in some type of identity theft.


Common fraud & scams:
Cash and Food Assistance  
Medicaid Fraud  
Childcare  

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Statistics:

According to the Ohio Attorney General’s office, its Medicaid Fraud Control Unit collected $87.7 million in 2009 on behalf of Ohio’s Medicaid program, and successfully prosecuted 114 individuals for Medicaid provider fraud .