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3 from Baton Rouge plead guilty to charges in health care fraud schemes

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Three people from Baton Rouge pleaded guilty to charges in health care fraud schemes involving getting drugs from pharmacies using fake prescriptions with stolen identities and fraudulent applications for federal benefits.

Kevan Andre Hills, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Devin Tyrone Stampley Jr., 33, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and burglary of a pharmacy.

Asia Deshan Guess, 28, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and theft of government funds.

The Department of Justice said all three admitted that they caused the submission of fake prescriptions for controlled substances to Medicaid and used Drug Enforcement Administration registration numbers and other information of several doctors and medical providers for the fake prescriptions.

Officials said numerous fraudulent applications for funds from federal benefits programs seeking at least $293,498 were submitted by Hills, Stampley and co-conspirators. Pandemic assistance programs were defrauded of at least $87,663.

According to the DOJ, Guess illegally sought at least $125,978 in federal benefits after submitting fraudulent applications and claims for unemployment benefits to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Maine Department of Labor and other state workforce agencies. She obtained at least $15,859 in unemployment insurance benefits.

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