FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky doctor convicted of Medicaid fraud has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $10,000 in restitution.
Authorities say 58-year-old Dr. Ezekiel O. Akande of Somerset was sentenced late last week by Pulaski Circuit Court Judge David A. Tapp.
State Attorney General Andy Beshear’s office says a Somerset jury convicted Akande in March for Medicaid fraud and theft by unlawful taking over $10,000.
Beshear’s office says Akande operated the Somerset Regional Pain Center. Prosecutors say he stood trial for receiving payment from Kentucky’s Medicaid program for tobacco cessation counseling he did not perform.
Beshear’s Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse handled prosecution of the case.
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