Transport company owner charged with Medicaid fraud
The owner of a Milwaukee medical transport company has been charged with falsifying records of dozens of trips to defraud Medicaid out of more than $10,000, according to a criminal complaint. As part of the scheme, Frederick Rutledge, 43, of Menomonee Falls submitted documentation that listed him as the driver on multiple trips in different vans at the same time, according to the complaint charging him with 18 counts of medical assistance fraud. (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 6/7)