Attorney pleads guilty in Medicaid fraud case

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 4:14 p.m. June 30, 2017
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TAMPA — WellCare Health Plans Inc. former general counsel Thaddeus Bereday pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to the Florida Medicaid program according to a statement from acting U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow.

Tampa-based WellCare provides government-sponsored managed care services.

Bereday faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date hasn't been set.

 

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