Attorney General Liz Murrill's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured a guilty plea in the case of 46-year-old Tasha Hayes of Dunkirk Street in Slidell on January 9, 2026. Hayes pled guilty as charged in the 22nd JDC to 3 Counts La. R.S. 14:70.1 Medicaid Fraud.
Hayes was arrested back on September 11, 2025 for intentionally defrauding the Louisiana Medicaid Program by causing the presentation, for payment, false or fraudulent claims for providing medical services or knowingly and intentionally submitted false information in order to obtain greater compensation than that which was legally authorized for furnishing service.
She used a fake driver’s license and Social Security Number to falsify her identity in an effort to conceal a prior felony conviction in order to gain employment with several Medicaid providers, in violation of La. R.S. 40:1203.3 and La. R.S. 14:70.1. During their investigation, MFCU agents discovered that Hayes had a 2019 conviction for Second degree battery, which she failed to disclose.
Hayes was sentenced to three (3) years in the Department of Corrections, suspended and placed on two (2) years of probation with standard conditions as well as special conditions of $42,568.95 restitution, $5,000 cost of prosecution, credit for any time served, to run concurrent.
This arrest and conviction resulted from an investigation by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit with the LA Department of Justice.
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