Former Powell treatment center employees charged with multi-million dollar fraud

POWELL — Federal prosecutors have charged three Powell men with health care fraud and other felony crimes, alleging they submitted millions of dollars worth of fraudulent bills to Medicaid several years ago.

Under an indictment unsealed late Wednesday afternoon, former Northwest Wyoming Treatment Center employees Matthew “Ty” Barrus, Greg Bennett and Devin Dutson face a combined total of 15 charges; each charge carries the possibility of prison time.

All three men made their first appearances in U.S. District Court in Casper this week and all have been released on unsecured bonds pending further proceedings.

Bennett entered not guilty pleas to the six charges against him on Wednesday; he appeared in court without being taken into custody. Dutson and Barrus, meanwhile, were arrested in Powell on Monday. They made their initial appearances that same day and then were released on bond. Dutson and Barrus are set to enter pleas on Thursday to the four and five charges they respectively face.

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