Therapists Jailed on Medicaid Fraud Charges

The Florida Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrested a South Florida couple on allegations they used their occupational therapy clinic to bilk the state Medicaid Fund out of more than $200,000 in fraudulent charges. Attorney General Bill McCollum said Steven Stuart Sanford and Michelle Hoyer-Sanford, both licensed occupational therapists, were arrested last week on charges of grand theft and engaging an organized scheme to defraud, both first-degree felonies. Each charge carries a 30-year maximum prison sentence and a $10,000 fine. The married couple operate Functional Integrative Therapy, a...