The first prison sentence has been ordered in a case related to the ongoing Medicaid fraud scandal in Arizona.
Ariell Dix, 37, pleaded guilty to two felony charges of illegal control of an enterprise. She was sentenced last week to three and a half years in prison for her role in the scheme.
According to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Dix helped facilitate Medicaid fraud by helping establish fake clinics, obtaining lists of patients to fraudulently bill AHCCCS, and falsifying patient records to ensure the flow of money to the fraudulent entities she was involved with.
Dix is responsible for defrauding AHCCCS and the State out of tens of millions of dollars between January 2019 and September 2021.
“Dix is responsible for defrauding AHCCCS and the State out of tens of millions of dollars…”
So, after a piddly few months in prison she is then going to live the life of Reilly? Who said crime doesn’t pay? Oh, that was the 20th century.