Anagho was sentenced to 14 years for a $69 million AHCCCS fraud scheme. Restitution and forfeiture are the judgment, not a new count.

A sentence after a guilty plea is the end of the trial phase on those counts. Restitution and forfeiture are part of the judgment, not a new accusation. On Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, Rita Ntusa Anagho, 54, of San Tan Valley, Arizona, a licensed nurse practitioner, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for a leadership role in fraudulently billing Arizona Medicaid more than $69 million through Tusa Integrated Clinic, LLC. The May 2025 plea to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud is the admission behind that judgment.

The Department of Justice said the scheme billed the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, AHCCCS, more than $69 million in less than one year for addiction treatment therapy. AHCCCS paid Tusa approximately $54.9 million on false or fraudulent claims in the May 2022 to March 2023 period the Department stated. The scheme deliberately targeted AHCCCS patients covered under the American Indian Health Care Program fee-for-service for Native Americans, where reimbursement rates were higher. The Department described false claims for services not provided or not as billed, illegal kickbacks to sober-home owners for referrals, falsified treatment notes, and laundered proceeds. It also said she instructed former employees to create fake medical records when records were subpoenaed. Those are the facts in the Sept. 17 Office of Public Affairs release. Thursday was the sentence. It was not a new charging document.

In May 2025 she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud. The court ordered almost $55 million in restitution. It ordered forfeiture of almost $9.5 million in fraud proceeds seized from seven bank accounts she controlled, and almost $7 million in real estate. Restitution and forfeiture are part of the judgment. They are not a new count. The FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General investigated. The Department of Justice Fraud Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona prosecuted the case, as the release named them.