Jariatu Jalloh, a 39-year-old resident of Maryland, was arraigned on September 8, 2025, facing nine counts each of first-degree fraud and first-degree theft. The charges stem from allegations that she submitted fraudulent billing to the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Authorities allege that Jalloh worked as a community support worker for a Mental Health Rehabilitation Service (MHRS) provider in the District. MHRS providers offer services such as diagnostic assessments, counseling, medication management, intensive day treatment, and crisis intervention. Community support workers help clients develop basic life skills like medication management and applying for housing or employment.
The indictment states that between August 2021 and July 2023, Jalloh engaged in a scheme where she submitted encounter notes for services she did not provide and overbilled for others. As a result of this alleged conduct, the District’s Medicaid program paid more than $234,500 for unrendered or overbilled community support worker services.
Daniel W. Lucas, Inspector General for the District of Columbia, joined in announcing the charges.
The investigation is being conducted by the D.C. Office of the Inspector General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit along with the Major Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Special Assistant United States Attorney Emmanuela Charles is prosecuting the case while on detail from the D.C. Office of the Inspector General.
“An indictment is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.”
