U.S. Attorney Schimel: Owner of defunct prenatal care coordination company sentenced to 111 months’ imprisonment for healthcare fraud scheme

Brad D. Schimel, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on January 20, 2026, Precious Cruse (32), was sentenced to 111 months’ incarceration for committing a Healthcare Fraud Scheme through which she stole $780,600.07 from a Medicaid benefit meant to help at-risk pregnant women and women with young children. On September 22, 2025, a federal jury convicted...