A Colebrook woman has been arrested and charged with fraudulently billing the government’s Medicaid health insurance program by submitting billings and receiving payments for services not provided and services provided by unlicensed individuals. Jennifer Lefebre-McGevna, age 45, of Colebrook, was arrested on April 4, 2022 by Inspectors from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, and charged with one count each of Larceny in the First Degree by Defrauding a Public Community and Health Insurance Fraud.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, between 2017 and 2020, Lefebre-McGevna, a behavioral health clinician, billed the Connecticut Medicaid Program for psychotherapy services that were not provided and billed for services rendered by unlicensed individuals. By submitting these bills, Lefebre-McGevna stole $148,102.80 from the Medicaid program. The amount of money profited by her in the amount of $148,102.80 constitutes the crime of Larceny in the First Degree by Defrauding a Public Community. The submission of claims to the Department of Social Services provided by Lefebre-McGevna contained false, incomplete, deceptive, or misleading information which constitutes the crime of Health Insurance Fraud.
