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New Mexico Woman Pleads Guilty to $4 Million Medicaid Fraud

7/24/2026

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Dorothea Irving of Farmington, New Mexico pleaded guilty to health-care fraud conspiracy and faces up to 10 years in prison.
She drove non-emergency medical transport from 2020 to 2026 and filed false Medicaid claims for trips that never occurred.
The fraud produced about $3.96 million in false claims, paid $4.1 million, and gave Irving roughly $980,901.

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Dorothea Irving of Farmington, New Mexico pleaded guilty to health-care fraud conspiracy and faces up to 10 years in prison.
She drove non-emergency medical transport from 2020 to 2026 and filed false Medicaid claims for trips that never occurred.
The fraud produced about $3.96 million in false claims, paid $4.1 million, and gave Irving roughly $980,901.