Rutland Medicaid service provider charged with Medicaid fraud

The Attorney General’s Office announced that Emily St. Peter, 46, of Rutland, Vermont, was arraigned today on one count of felony Medicaid fraud. The charges brought against Ms. St. Peter are the result of an investigation conducted by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit (MFRAU), which found Ms. St. Peter had falsely billed Medicaid for services that she did not provide as a caregiver for an individual in the Rutland area, defrauding Vermont Medicaid of over $18,000 in public health care funds.

Ms. St. Peter pleaded not guilty at an arraignment held on Monday, Dec. 9, in Vermont Superior Court, Rutland Division. Judge Cortland Corsones, presiding over the court, ordered her release on her own recognizance.

The Attorney General’s Office emphasized that individuals charged with a crime are legally presumed innocent until their guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.