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podiatrist was orchestrating.
Greer used this scheme to
class 4 felony. Sentencing was
Mesa Police Sgt. Bryan Soller, Gilbert Police Chaplain David Land and Attorney General
Terry Goddard lead the Memorial Procession at the 37th annual Peace Officer Memorial
Service at Wesley Bolin Plaza in Phoenix.
Hollander and seven other
defendants were indicted on
June 28, 2010, by the Pima
County Grand Jury. Hollander
was indicted on charges of
conspiracy, participating in a
criminal syndicate, fraudulent
schemes and artifices, trafficking
in the identity of another
person, forgery and acquisition
of narcotic/dangerous drug by
fraud.
State vs. Tekishia Scroggins
create approximately 400 fake
vouchers that caused CIGNA to
issue more than 100 checks to
redeem the vouchers. These
checks, totaling over $700,000,
were deposited into fake business
accounts that belonged to
Donn L. Dove and Towan Butler.
Many of the checks were then
routed from the fake business
accounts into Tekisha Greer’s
personal account at Arizona
Federal Credit Union. Dove and
Butler also withdrew money
set for September 8, 2010.
Defendant Dove entered a plea
of guilty to theft and fraudulent
schemes and artifices. Her sentencing
was set for August 23,
2010. Defendant Butler pleaded
guilty to theft. His sentencing
hearing was set for September
22, 2010.
State vs. Olena Kulakova
From approximately May, 2006,
through September, 2007, defendant
Olena Kulakova owned
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
State vs. Dr. Corina Hollander
A Tucson podiatrist orchestrated
a large-scale fraud involving
prescription drugs for the
past four years. The podiatrist
became romantically involved
with the two young men who are
also charged in this case. She
began giving the men fraudulent
prescriptions for oxycodone.
Evidence shows that the podiatrist
and her staff were filling
fraudulent prescriptions under
the name of at least four of her
elderly patients and some of her
staff’s family. Interviews were
conducted with these “acquaintances,”
and they all admitted
that this was a scam that the
Between February 2004 and
November 2005, Defendant
Tekishia Kale Victoria Scroggins,
aka Tekisha Greer, worked as
an administrative secretary for
CIGNA Medical Group. During
that time period, she embezzled
approximately $700,000 from
CIGNA by submitting fraudulent
invoice information that resulted
in the issuance of a voucher.
from the fake business accounts.
On March 18, 2009, all three
defendants were indicted on
charges of theft, fraudulent
schemes and artifices, and
money laundering.
On November 16, 2009, Scroggins
pleaded guilty to theft, a
and operated a medical facility
named “We Care Clinic,” which
was located at 3620 West
Bethany Home Road in Phoenix.
At the “We Care Clinic,” patients
were treated by Dr. Paul
Balikian, a licensed osteopath,
and Kulakova, who was not a licensed
physician in the State of
Arizona or anywhere else in the
United States. Kulakova exam-
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