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Counselor Sentenced In Medicaid Fraud Case

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The operator of an Oklahoma mental health care facility has been sentenced to five years in prison for allegedly billing fraudulent claims to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's office announced the sentence Wednesday for John Michael Doneti, a licensed professional counselor who ran Central Oklahoma Behavioral Health Services, LLC. Doneti was also sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $194,000 in restitution.

Pruitt's office says agents found false claims for Doneti's services that claimed he was working more than 24 hours in one day and billing for false claims under another employee's identity, among other allegations.  

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