Mt. Pleasant woman to stand trial for Medicaid fraud

LANSING

Claudia Payne, 47, of Mt. Pleasant, was bound over to stand trial in the 30th Circuit Court in Ingham County on Aug. 5 on five counts of Medicaid Fraud – False Claim, each a 4-year felony, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. It is alleged that Payne was paid by Medicaid to provide caretaking services for an elderly disabled man in Mt. Pleasant between October 2023 and November …