Former Iowa school worker sentenced for Medicaid fraud

GARNER, Iowa (AP) - A former school worker in northern Iowa has been given probation and a suspended jail sentence for Medicaid fraud.

Mason City television station KIMT says (http://bit.ly/1COWf4y ) Brooke Banse was given a year of probation, 180 days in jail and fined $625. The jail time and fine were suspended. Banse had pleaded guilty to fraudulent practices after prosecutors lowered the charge and dropped another.

The 31-year-old Banse had been a student advocate for the Garner-Hayfield school district. Prosecutors say Banse submitted records and received federal Medicaid payments for services she did not provide.

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Information from: KIMT-TV, http://www.kimt.com