A Fairburn man has been sentenced to prison for redirecting Medicaid payments into his personal bank account.
Dimitrius Franks pleaded guilty last week in Fulton County Superior Court to one count of Medicaid fraud, three counts of computer theft and three counts of theft by taking.
Franks was sentenced last Wednesday to one year in prison and 19 years' probation. He also was ordered to pay restitution: $65,583 to the Georgia Department of Community Health and $5,181 to the Georgia Department of Revenue, authorities said.
According to the Georgia Attorney General's Office, Franks worked in a doctor's office as office manager and Medicaid claims biller. He was responsible for submitting all Medicaid claims for medical services rendered by the office to a Care Management Organization for payment.
Franks performed a substantial portion of the Medicaid billing from his home. The indictment alleged that from March through October 2008, Franks changed the bank account to which all CMO medical assistance payments were electronically transferred from the office's business account to his personal bank account, making Franks the sole recipient of all claims paid by the CMO.
Franks submitted numerous false claims to the CMO and took payments of $65,583.52. He also filed false tax forms with the state of Georgia for 2006, 2007 and 2008, according to the indictment.
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