Woman pleads guilty to stealing from Medicaid

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By The Associated Press

GREAT FALLS - A 54-year-old Browning woman has pleaded guilty to using her job at a health care center on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to steal money from Medicaid.

Judy Racine pleaded guilty to theft from a local government receiving federal funds and to theft from a health care facility. Racine was the business office director for the Blackfeet Care Center, which received about $725,000 in Medicaid funds from January 2007 to November 2007.

Court documents say Racine deposited Medicaid checks into the center's banking account and got cash back for herself. Prosecutors say she also wrote several Blackfeet Care Center checks to herself and used the center's debit card to withdraw money from ATMs and to pay for personal items and vacations.

A news release from the U.S. attorney's office didn't say how much money Racine stole from Medicaid.

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