MT. PLEASANT, Sanpete County — The three top administrators involved with a substance abuse treatment center in Utah are accused of defrauding Medicaid out of nearly $13 million.
Lillian Kaye Simiskey, 40, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with two counts of violating the Utah False Claims Act, three counts of tax evasion and public assistance fraud, all second-degree felonies; and three counts of failing to render a proper tax return, a third-degree felony.
On Tuesday, Margaret Krisandra Christie, 41, of St. George, was charged in 3rd District Court with two counts of violating the Utah False Claims Act, and public assistance fraud, second-degree felonies; and Deaun Larson Holdaway, 66, of Mount Pleasant, was charged with three counts of making false claims for medical benefits, and public assistance fraud, second-degree felonies.
The investigation began in 2021 when the Utah Attorney General’s Office received a complaint from the Utah Department of Health and Human Services that the business, Measures of Affect Theoretically Relative, commonly referred to as MATR, “had submitted claims to Medicaid for services which were not provided by qualified professionals and were documented in a fraudulent manner,” according to charging documents.
Source: 3 treatment center administrators accused in $13M Medicaid fraud investigation / KSL.com