A Connecticut woman has been arrested and charged with submitting false claims to the Connecticut Medicaid Health Insurance Program, according to the state Department of Criminal Justice .

Erica Damato, 48, of Enfield, was arrested on Sept. 9, by Inspectors from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney , and charged with one count of first-degree larceny by defrauding a public community, and one count of Health Insurance Fraud, authorities said.

Authorities said Damato was enrolled as a provider in the Connecticut Medical Assistants Program as a personal care assistant, a program that is Medicaid-funded and “provides recipients who have permanent, severe, and/or chronic disabilities, funds to hire PCAs to physically assist them with daily self-car

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