WBRZ - Baton Rouge

VILLE PLATTE - A 36-year-old Ville Platte man has been arrested on two counts of Medicaid fraud.

The Louisiana Attorney General's Office said in news release Tuesday that Brady P. Hudspeth faces up to five years in prison and fines up to $20,000 on each count.

Hudspeth was arrested Thursday by the attorney general's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

Officials say he is a former mental health counselor intern who is accused of submitting false time sheets to the New Orleans office, where he worked.