Lansing dentist charged with Medicaid fraud scheme

On September 23, Lina Abraham, 41, of Dearborn, was arraigned in the 54B District Court in East Lansing on 15 felony charges related to an alleged Medicaid fraud scheme, announced by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. She was employed as an office manager at Dearborn Family Smiles, a Dearborn dental clinic, at the time of the alleged crimes.

Abraham is charged with one count of Conducting a Criminal Enterprise, punishable by up to 20 years’ incarceration and/or a fine of up to $100,000, and 14 counts of Medicaid Fraud, each punishable by up to four years’ incarceration and/or a fine of up to $50,000. She is alleged to have repeatedly billed the taxpayer‑funded Medicaid program for dental crowns that were never provided to patients, under her employing clinic’s former name, Artistic Dentistry. It is not suspected that others associated with the dental clinic were involved in the alleged fraud scheme.

The Attorney General’s Health Care Fraud Division (HCFD) is handling this case for the Department. The HCFD is the federally certified Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for Michigan, and it receives 75% of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $5,517,524.00 for the fiscal year 2026. The remaining 25% percent, totaling $1,839,170.00, is funded by the State of Michigan. Abraham will next appear before the 54B District Court for a probable cause conference on October 2nd.

Read the full story at michigan.gov.