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Associated Press - November 27, 2009 9:15 AM ET
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Federal and state prosecutors are pursuing separate Medicaid fraud charges against two women stemming from the same investigation.
The Barre Times Argus says the Vermont Attorney General's office is charging 41-year-old Valerie Tofani of Barre with being paid from the Medicaid Children's Personal Care Services program when she didn't provide the services. She has pleaded not guilty.
Meanwhile, the Vermont office of the United States Attorney is pursuing a case against Taylor Riff of Windsor, who was charged as a result of the same investigation.
The two women are not charged with acting together.
Federal prosecutors say Riff claimed her children received care they did not get. Riff is due in federal court next week.
Information from: The Times Argus, http://www.timesargus.com/
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