Two Sparks Women Charged with Medicare Fraud

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Two Sparks women have been arrested by the Nevada Attorney General’s Office accused of defrauding the state Medicaid program. According to court records, 39-year-old Candia Tolbert and 43-year-old Tanja Ford are accused of filing false Medicaid claims to the state and then keeping the money. Tolbert owns and operates ‘No Child Left Behind’, a mental health company located at 895 Roberta Lane in Sparks. Tolbert and Ford conspired together to unlawfully use personal information of 20 different Medicaid recipients to get reimbursement from Medicaid for services the company never actually provided. The exact amount of money the two are accused of taking is not yet known. If found guilty of Medicaid fraud, the two could face up to four years in prison and pay fines up to $5,000, if they are found guilty of the conspiracy charge they could receive an additional six years in prison.