August 15, 2024
Carr's Medicaid Fraud Division Obtains New 15-Count Indictment in Forsyth County
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that Farid Moghaddam, 48, of Atlanta, has been indicted in Forsyth County on four counts of felony Medicaid Fraud and 11 counts of felony False Writings. As the owner and sole provider for his company, North Cumming Dentistry, LLC, Moghaddam is alleged to have submitted fraudulent claims for services he did not provide and to have then retained payments for those claims.
“We’re committed to protecting taxpayer dollars by putting a stop to Medicaid fraud in our state,” said Carr. “Ensuring the integrity of providers and services is a key part of our efforts. We won’t tolerate those who violate the public’s trust by abusing a system meant to care for our most vulnerable Georgians.”
The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Division presented evidence to a Forsyth County Grand Jury, which returned an indictment* charging Moghaddam in July 2024.
A copy of the indictment can be found
here
. No further information about the investigation or the indictment may be released at this time.
About the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Division
Since Attorney General Chris Carr first took office, his Medicaid Fraud Division has secured 90 convictions for Medicaid fraud and the abuse, neglect and exploitation of older adults, resulting in over $19 million in restitution orders in criminal matters. Over this same time period, Carr’s Medicaid Fraud Division has obtained civil settlements and judgements totaling more than $108 million as a result of its efforts to safeguard the Georgia Medicaid program.
The Medicaid Fraud Division receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $4,871,744 for Federal FY 2024. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $1,623,912, is funded by the State of Georgia.
*Members of the public should keep in mind that indictments contain only allegations against the individual against whom the indictment is sought. A defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and it will be the government’s burden at trial to prove the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the allegations contained in the indictment.