Three Salem Residents Plead Guilty to Medicaid Fraud

Three Salem residents have pleaded guilty to felony Medicaid fraud for billing the health care program for personal care attendant services that were never provided.

Forty-two-year-old Stace Pryor and his wife, 34-year-old Jodie Pryor, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of Medicaid fraud.

Stace Pryor was ordered to pay restitution of more than $3,500.

Jodie Pryor was ordered to pay restitution of more than $4,000 and perform 80 hours of community service.

The Pryors were also placed on supervised probation for five years. Each faces a possible 120 days in jail at the discretion of the probation officers.

A third person, 32-year-old Charles Christmas, pleaded guilty to four counts of Medicaid fraud. He was ordered to pay restitution of more than $7,500 and to perform 80 hours of community service.