Security News in Brief: Former Office Manager Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Defrauding Medicaid Through a Dental Practice

Source: United States Department of Justice News

WASHINGTON – Mahsa Azimirad, the former office manager for Universal Smiles, a Washington, D.C.-based dental practice, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison on a federal charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme in which she was paid over $813,000 by defrauding the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program.