U.S. Attorney Schimel: Owner of now-closed Milwaukee prenatal care coordination company sentenced to 121 months’ imprisonment for healthcare fraud scheme

Brad D. Schimel, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on March 17, 2026, Markita Barnes (age 33) was sentenced to 121 months’ incarceration for committing a healthcare fraud scheme through which she stole $2,361,799.17 from a Medicaid benefit program meant to help at-risk pregnant women and women with young children. Following a two-week trial in Nove...