Warner Robins woman commits $5.4 million Medicaid fraud scheme

WARNER ROBINS – Elizabeth Sue Ivester, 62, was charged by federal indictment for allegedly engaging in a scheme to defraud the Georgia Medicaid Program program of approximately $5.4 million. This was announced by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr along with the Department of Justice on Monday, June 30.

Ivester was charged by indictment with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud and aggravated identity theft. This was in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud Medicaid of over $5.4 million for durable medical equipment. The DME was neither ordered nor supplied to medicaid recipients. 

According to court documents, Ivester owned and operated Liberty Medical, which was located on Russell Parkway. It was a DME supplier which operated from March 2002 to September 2024. Ivester conspired from June 13, 2014, to September 30, 2022. During that time, Ivester filed approximately 77,095 fraudulent DME claims.

Court documents say Ivester knowingly attempted, conspired and agreed with others unknown to the Grand Jury. 

A Federal Grand Jury returned the indictment against Ivester on May 14, 2025. She was arrested by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles H. Weigle in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia Macon Division on June 17. 

Carr provided comments on the case:

“Prosecuting Medicaid fraud is a top priority for our office, and we’re proud to work with our federal partners in this effort,” he said. “Defrauding Medicaid is the same as stealing taxpayer dollars, and we will hold violators accountable.”