Arkansas AG Announces Two Medicaid Fraud Arrests and One Conviction

Attorney General Griffin Announces Two Arrests and One Conviction Made by His Medicaid Fraud Control Unit

• April 9, 2026

Griffin: ‘When individuals commit Medicaid fraud, they take advantage of a system designed to serve vulnerable Arkansans. That kind of conduct will be investigated and prosecuted’

LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing two arrests and one conviction for Medicaid fraud:

“On March 27, Victoria Taylor, 37, of North Little Rock, was arrested on a charge of Medicaid Fraud, a Class A felony. While working as a personal care aide, Taylor claimed she provided care services to her spouse, Robert Washington. Medicaid was billed $46,977.05 for these claims. All billing for services allegedly provided to Washington was prohibited, as spouses are not permitted to receive payment for providing caregiving services. In addition, Taylor did not perform some of the claimed services, and certain reported service times conflicted with her other employment and known location data.

“On April 1, Dr. Roger D. Morgan, 72, of Lakeland, Tennessee, was arrested on a charge of Medicaid Fraud, a Class B felony. Dr. Morgan allegedly billed Medicaid $9,150.00 for psychotherapy services he claimed to have provided to multiple beneficiaries while he was traveling and not physically present with the patients.

“On April 6, Kelly Baxter, 37, of Gurdon, pleaded guilty to exploitation of a vulnerable person, a Class C felony. She was sentenced to 5 years of probation, a $500 fine plus court costs, and restitution totaling $2,597.06. Baxter, employed as a caregiver, used a client’s debit card to make unauthorized food and grocery purchases through DoorDash.

“When individuals commit Medicaid fraud, they take advantage of a system designed to serve vulnerable Arkansans. That kind of conduct will be investigated and prosecuted. I commend the exceptional work done on these cases by MFCU’s Special Agent Laura Glover, Special Agent Brandon Muldrow, Assistant Attorney General Gabrielle Davis-Jones, and Assistant Attorney General David Jones. I am also grateful for the assistance of Sixth Judicial District Prosecutor Will Jones in these cases.”

The Arkansas MFCU receives 75% of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant totaling $4,781,516 for the Federal fiscal year 2026, of which $3,586,140 is federally funded. The remaining 25%, totaling $1,195,376 for the State fiscal year 2026, is funded by Arkansas General Revenue.

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About Attorney General Tim Griffin

Tim Griffin was sworn in as the 57th Attorney General of Arkansas on January 10, 2023, having previously served as the state’s 20th Lieutenant Governor from 2015-2023. From 2011-2015, Griffin served as the 24th representative of Arkansas’s Second Congressional District, where he served on the House Committee on Ways and Means, House Armed Services Committee, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Ethics and House Committee on the Judiciary while also serving as a Deputy Whip for the Majority.

Griffin is currently an officer in the Arkansas Army National Guard and holds the rank of colonel. Griffin served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps for more than 28 years. In 2005, Griffin was mobilized to active duty as an Army prosecutor at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and served with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Mosul, Iraq.

His previous assignments include serving as the Commander of the 2d Legal Operations Detachment in New Orleans, Louisiana; the Commander of the 134th Legal Operations Detachment at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and as a Senior Legislative Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness at the Pentagon. Griffin earned a master’s degree in strategic studies as a Distinguished Honor Graduate from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

Griffin also served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs for President George W. Bush; Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice; Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Arkansas; Senior Investigative Counsel, Government Reform and Oversight Committee, U.S. House of Representatives; and Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel David M. Barrett, In re: HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros.

Griffin is a graduate of Magnolia High School, Hendrix College in Conway, and Tulane Law School in New Orleans. He attended graduate school at Oxford University. He is admitted to practice law in Arkansas (active) and Louisiana (inactive). Griffin lives in Little Rock with his wife, Elizabeth, a Camden native, and their three children.

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