The Brief
- Chavis Willis is charged with multiple counts, accused of bilking $7.3 million from Medicaid.
- Willis, a convicted felon, isn’t allowed to run a Medicaid-funded business.
- Willis is accused of posing as his mother, who he claims ran the business.
(FOX 9) – An ex-con who previously served time for his role in a murder case is accused of bilking $7.3 million from Medicaid in Minnesota by illegally running a health care company by posing as his own mother.
Medicaid fraud in Minneapolis
The backstory:
The suspect, Chavis Willis, 46, is charged with racketeering and five counts of theft by swindle.
The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office says Willis was running a Medicaid-funded business that billed out for services it didn’t provide.…