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SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — A couple from Shreveport has been arrested for allegedly defrauding Medicaid of $127,000 to help fund a lavish lifestyle.

42-year-old Ebony Taylor and her husband, 39-year-old Andre Jackson, were arrested in Baton Rouge on Wednesday, September 11, for allegedly concealing their actual income and employment to receive medicaid benefits. An investigation revealed that Taylor financed a BMW for $80,024 in 2022 with monthly payments of $1,480. That same year, the couple installed an in-ground swimming pool with a jetted spa at their home for $94,000, in addition to a cosmetic surgery in Texas.

"It's pretty bold to buy a new pool, BMW, and plastic surgery while defrauding our Medicaid program. Th

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