Repeat Offender Draws Prison Time for Medicaid Fraud
- January 30, 2026
Erik X. Alonso was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for causing psychotherapy sessions to be fraudulently billed to New Hampshire Medicaid, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire Erin Creegan announced January 28.
According to a press release, Alonso was convicted in 2015 of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and related offenses in the Southern District of Florida. Thereafter he was placed on the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s exclusion list.
Despite being excluded from participation in federal health care programs, in March 2022, Alonso began working for a telehealth mental health provider through which he provided services billed to New Hampshire Medicaid, the release said.