JonInMiddleGA
05-27-2004, 12:25 PM
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0504/27medicaid.html
A former Atlanta Braves pitcher, an ex-Georgia legislator and three others were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday in the alleged defrauding of an Augusta mental health care center.
Rick Camp, who played for the Braves from 1976 to 1985 and later became a lobbyist, and former Rep. Robin Williams (R-Augusta) are named in an indictment alleging that the five conspirators bilked the East Central Georgia Community Mental Health Center of hundreds of thousands of dollars from 1999 to 2003.
Also named in the 30-count indictment are Matthew Chad Long, a lobbyist and grandson of former state House Speaker Tom Murphy; Charles Michael Brockman, the mental health center's former chief executive; and Duncan Fordham and his pharmacy, Duncan Drugs.
The charges include conspiracy, health care fraud and bribery involving an organization that receives federal funds. Williams, Brockman and Camp also are accused of money laundering. Camp additionally is charged with lying to law enforcement officers, according to the indictment.
Each count is punishable by a prison sentence of five to 20 years and a fine of up to $500,000.
None of the five has been arrested. Summonses will be sent for their first court appearances, which have not been scheduled, according to the U.S. Justice Department in Savannah.
A former Atlanta Braves pitcher, an ex-Georgia legislator and three others were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday in the alleged defrauding of an Augusta mental health care center.
Rick Camp, who played for the Braves from 1976 to 1985 and later became a lobbyist, and former Rep. Robin Williams (R-Augusta) are named in an indictment alleging that the five conspirators bilked the East Central Georgia Community Mental Health Center of hundreds of thousands of dollars from 1999 to 2003.
Also named in the 30-count indictment are Matthew Chad Long, a lobbyist and grandson of former state House Speaker Tom Murphy; Charles Michael Brockman, the mental health center's former chief executive; and Duncan Fordham and his pharmacy, Duncan Drugs.
The charges include conspiracy, health care fraud and bribery involving an organization that receives federal funds. Williams, Brockman and Camp also are accused of money laundering. Camp additionally is charged with lying to law enforcement officers, according to the indictment.
Each count is punishable by a prison sentence of five to 20 years and a fine of up to $500,000.
None of the five has been arrested. Summonses will be sent for their first court appearances, which have not been scheduled, according to the U.S. Justice Department in Savannah.