Woman Charged with Health Care Fraud After Submitting False Claims to Utah Medicaid and Receiving Millions in Payout

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment today charging Jazzamin Clark with health care fraud after she allegedly submitted fraudulent claims to Utah Medicaid for therapy services that were either not rendered; rendered by unqualified, unlicensed providers; or non-covered therapy services. This resulted in Utah Medicaid paying over $4 million in claims.

According to allegations in court documents, from July 2024 through October 2025, Jazzamin Tashay Clark, 43, of Salt Lake City, Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada, allegedly defrauded the federal health care benefit program, Medicaid, to obtain money for her own financial benefit.

Medicaid receives both federal and state funding and is intended to provide health care benefits to indigent individuals, including certain people who are aged, blind, disabled, or have dependent children. The Medicaid program in Utah is overseen and administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and Utah Medicaid.

As alleged, Clark established businesses purportedly to treat individuals facing substance abuse use disorder in Salt Lake City. In order to obtain federal funds, she recruited Medicaid-eligible beneficiaries, often drawn from people experiencing homelessness, and claimed to provide them with Medicaid-reimbursable services. Medicaid claims are required to include, among other things, the National Provider Identifier (NPI) number for the healthcare provider who ordered, supervised, or performed the billed services. Clark caused Medicaid to be billed for therapy and other services under the NPI numbers for several out-of-state providers, many of whom were unqualified to provide such services and were not even aware that their NPI numbers were being used in this way.

As another part of the alleged scheme, Clark rented houses in West Valley City and elsewhere to purportedly serve as "sober living homes." In reality, however, these homes left Medicaid beneficiaries who struggled with substance abuse to fend for themselves rather than helping them maintain sobriety. Throughout the scheme, Clark caused Medicaid to be billed for services that were never provided, services provided by unqualified and unlicensed individuals, and services that were otherwise not eligible for reimbursement, totaling over $4 million.

Clark is charged with health care fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. Her initial appearance on the indictment is scheduled for September 9, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. in courtroom 8.4 before a U.S. Magistrate Judge at the Orrin G. Hatch United States District Courthouse in downtown Salt Lake City.

"This administration-and my office-remains firmly committed to pursuing individuals who attempt to steal from taxpayer funded programs," said U.S. Attorney Melissa Holyoak for the District of Utah. "I am grateful for the dedication of our law enforcement partners and our prosecutors, whose collaborative efforts are essential in combating fraud and ensuring justice for all victims."

The case is being investigated jointly by the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) of the Utah Attorney General's Office, and the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).

Assistant United States Attorneys Mark Y. Hirata, Sachi J. Jepson, and Special Assistant United States Attorney Kaye Lynn Wooton, of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah, are prosecuting the case.

On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division ("Fraud Division"). The Fraud Division is laser-focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people. The Department's work to combat fraud supports President Trump's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.

An indictment is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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