A Philadelphia woman was ordered to serve up to 23 months in prison and jointly pay over $1 million in restitution with 18 other co-defendants for participating in a Medicaid fraud scheme.<\/p>\n
Barbara Thomas, 46, was the office and case manager for\u00a0the Bala Cynwyd-based company\u00a0ComfortZone Home Health Care. State prosecutors argued that she and other employees billed Medicaid for fabricated personal care services totaling $1.76 million. The crimes occurred between 2020 and 2023.<\/p>\n
MORE:\u00a0Police search for suspects tied to fatal shooting at Chipotle near Temple University<\/a><\/p>\n The attorney general’s office charged 19 additional conspirators, many relatives of ComfortZone owner Stephanie Mobley, and the company itself in December 2024.<\/p>\n Thomas was sentenced to 9-23 months in prison Monday after pleading guilty to multiple felonies. She will also serve four years of probation and pay $1.39 million in restitution with her co-defendants, 18 of whom have also entered guilty pleas.<\/p>\n “This defendant had her hands in the day-to-day operations and was integrally involved in the advancement of a multi-year scheme that stole from taxpayers and defrauded a system designed to help vulnerable Pennsylvanians,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday\u00a0said in a statement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The attorney general’s office brought the charges following a two-year investigation from its\u00a0Medicaid fraud control section and\u00a0the FBI. The cases against three defendants are still pending.<\/p>\n Follow Kristin & PhillyVoice on Twitter: @kristin_hunt
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