Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the arrest of a Little Rock woman. Evitta Walker, 34, was arrested and held at the Pulaski County Detention Facility on a $2,500 bond. She is charged with one count of Medicaid fraud, a Class C felony. She is accused of billing over $1,000 for services that she was not eligible to charge for in 2015.
This case was referred to the Attorney General’s office by the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General.
Medicaid fraud occurs when providers use the Medicaid program to obtain money to which they are not entitled. To report Medicaid fraud or abuse or neglect in residential care facilities, contact the Attorney General’s Medicaid fraud hotline at (866) 810-0016 or oag@arkansasag.gov.