Atlanta dentist guilty in $1M Medicaid fraud

A metro Atlanta dentist has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Georgia Medicaid program of nearly $1 million.

Dr. Oluwatoyin Solarin, who had offices in Doraville and Duluth, had some employees of her Care Dental practice back-date claims for patients whose Medicaid eligibility had expired, U.S. Attorney John Horn said. Also, some claims listed Solarin as the treating dentist on days she was not in the country.

The false claims were submitted from 2009 to 2013, Horn said.