OKLAHOMA CITY – A 49-page civil complaint has been filed in Oklahoma City’s Western District federal court against Judy D. Dennis, accusing her of violating the federal False Claims Act, the Oklahoma Medicaid False Claims Act, plus federal and state common laws. The Oklahoma City woman is accused of submitting more than $2.5 million in false and fraudulent claims for speech-language pathology services.
The complaint alleges Dennis, a licensed speech-language pathologist, knowingly presented, or caused to be presented, materially false and fraudulent claims for payment or approval to the United States and the State of Oklahoma, including claims for reimbursement submitted to Medicare, Oklahoma Medicaid, and TRICARE, for services that were not rendered, were not medically reasonable and necessary, and/or did not comply with program requirements.
The complaint, filed by the state and federal Attorney General’s offices, lists 10 offenses: two counts of presenting false claims for payment, two counts of use of false statements, two counts of payment by mistake, two counts of unjust enrichment, and two counts of fraud.
Oklahoma Western District U.S. Attorney Robert Troester said his office worked with the Department’s Health Care Fraud Unit of the Fraud Division, the Oklahoma Medicaid Fraud Unit, the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Defense Criminal Investigative Services, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.
In Tulsa, Northern District U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson announced a criminal charge and a civil complaint in connection with alleged schemes to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, and the Child Care Development Block Grant Program.
Jeremy Michael Bowles, 41, of Bixby, was indicted on 16 counts of health care fraud. Court documents allege Bowles was the operator of three pharmacies and submitted the false billings on behalf of those pharmacies, which he controlled. In doing so, Bowles allegedly attempted to defraud Medicare and Medicaid by submitting false claims for reimbursement for COVID-19 tests.
Additionally, a civil forfeiture complaint targets property located at 6303 and 6311 Tecumseh Street in Tulsa. Court documents allege that sister and brother Tamara and Quincy Reid, and Dameion Ray, are owners of the properties.
In December 2022, Dameion Ray applied for a Child Care Desert Grant. This federal funding is part of the Child Care Development Block Grant Program and is awarded through the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. Ray was awarded $600,000 and allegedly used approximately $300,000 of those funds to purchase the real property in question.
During the U.S. Justice Department’s two-week 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, law enforcement received international cooperation that resulted in the apprehension and return to the United States of several health care fraudsters, including one defendant in Kyrenia (the tourism capital of northern Cyprus) in connection with a scheme that totaled more than $3.7 billion; two defendants in Estonia in connection with a previously charged $10.6 billion scheme; and in the Philippines, one of FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters in connection with a previously charged $1.2 billion telemedicine fraud scheme.
The takedown involved the use of data analytics to target the worst actors; the seizure of more than $182 million in cash, luxury vehicles, jewelry, and other assets; and full-spectrum accountability for all criminal actors from doctors’ offices to corporate boardrooms.
This coordinated enforcement action involved a whole-of-government approach, including: actions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to suspend 1,079 providers and revoke billing privileges for 1,403 providers; 48 civil monetary payment settlements amounting to more than $73 million, over 1,400 provider exclusions, and 25 actions by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General under the Civil Monetary Penalties Law seeking more than $10 billion in payments to the Medicare Trust Fund from payments that CMS caught and suspended before the funds were paid to the fraudulent providers.
Civil charges were filed against 13 defendants for $14.8 million in health care fraud schemes, as well as civil settlements with 31 defendants totaling $23 million. Also, the Drug Enforcement Administration filed 928 administrative cases seeking the revocation of authority to handle and/or prescribe controlled substances since Oct. 1, 2025.
Mike W. Ray is a fifth-generation, award winning journalist who has more than 55 years’ experience covering municipal, county, state, and federal government in Oklahoma and Texas. He can be reached at mike. ray@swoknews.com