Three Metro Detroiters accused of defrauding Medicaid with a scheme to submit false mileage reimbursement claims have been charged, state officials said.

Bernice Marie Pate, 51, of Inkster, was arraigned Wednesday in the 54-B District Court in East Lansing, the Michigan Attorney General's Office said.

She is charged with 10 counts of making a false Medicaid claim, each a four-year felony.

Two co-defendants, Wanda Rose Spivey, 55, of Taylor, and Ashley Eliza Mendoza, 34, of Detroit, were arraigned on Monday in 54-B District Court for their alleged roles in the same scheme, according to officials. Both are charged with five counts of making a false Medicaid claim.

A judge set bond for all three defendants at $50,000 and scheduled their next court hearing for Oct. 10.

Court records did n

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