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Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 87 Months for $12M Medicare Fraud Scheme

18 Jun 2026 5:05 p.m. · Source: FBI

Louisiana nurse practitioner Scharmaine Lawson Baker received an 87-month prison sentence for orchestrating a $12 million Medicare fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests and illegal kickbacks.

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