(Davenport, IA) -- An Iowa City woman's been sentenced to three months in prison, after being convicted of Health Care Fraud and False Statements. Forty-four-year-old Tykeese McCray has also been ordered to pay nearly $119,000 in restitution.
Investigators found as early as 2011, McCray fraudulently completed application paperwork for the Section 8 housing assistance program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
McCray failed to list her husband as a household member, nor his income. Investigators also said McCray also falsified forms for food assistance benefits (aka SNAP), childcare assistance, and medical insurance through Medicaid.
McCray agreed she received $54,032 in housing assistance, $31,385 in unentitled food assistance, $31,835.73 in unentitled medical assistance, and $1,690.46 in unentitled medical assistance for a total loss amount of $118,943.19.