Macomb County woman charged in Medicaid fraud scheme

MACOMB, Mich. – A 33-year-old woman from Macomb County is facing felony charges in a Medicaid fraud scheme.

According to authorities, the Medicaid program offers mileage reimbursement to enrolled beneficiaries for travel to eligible medical appointments. A smartphone app is available to track this mileage via GPS, and upon completion of a trip, reimbursement funds are added to a payment card. This card functions like a debit card and is mailed to beneficiaries upon program registration.

Alicia Renee Hackett is accused of using another app to trick her phone into thinking it was in a different location in order to submit reimbursement requests for trips that never happened.

Hacket was charged Friday, June 6, with one count of conspiracy to commit Medicaid fraud and 10 counts of Medicaid fraud for false claims.

She was given a $50,000/10% bond and is scheduled to return to court June 18.