(HELENA) – The Montana Department of Justice’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) recently uncovered over $1 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims and filed charges in the two cases, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. The investigations were part of President Trump’s National Health Care Fraud Takedown to combat fraud, waste, and abuse to protect taxpayer-funded programs.
Alison Watt, 55, of Billings, owner of Beautiful Directions Counseling, was charged with Medicaid fraud and false claim to a public agency for fraudulently billing Medicaid for services she did not personally provide. Victoria Davenport, 60, of Great Falls, a licensed counselor and owner of Enlightening Minds, The GYST House, and The GYST House 2, was charged with two counts of Medicaid fraud, two counts of false claim to a public agency, and one count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
