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\"Social<\/a>OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0A 54-year-old woman was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison submitting and receiving millions of dollars through fraudulent claims to Medicare based services for \u00a0people who weren’t eligible for hospice care and for medical services that were never provided, officials announced Monday.<\/p>\n

Regina Swims-King<\/strong>, 54, of Greenwood, Mississippi, was told to report to prison on Feb. 3, officials said.<\/p>\n

In addition to her prison sentence, \u00a0U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mills ordered Swims-King to pay $7.9 as restitution to the Medicare program. \u00a0She also forfeited 17 vehicles worth more than $600,000 and 12 pieces of real property valued at more than $700,000, officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRooting out health care fraud is essential to the well being of both our citizens and our economy,\u201d said Donald Alway, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Mississippi. \u201cThe teamwork of each agency involved in this investigation helps to keep programs like these in place for the most vulnerable of our residents who need it the most.<\/p>\n

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