MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) -- Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) have arrested the husband of a former Louisiana Department of Health employee on a charge of government benefits fraud.

LBI received a criminal referral from the Louisiana Department of Health regarding allegations that 36-year-old Dominque Higgins, of Monroe, and his wife, Courtney Higgins, a former LDH employee, concealed their income and marital status to receive Medicaid benefits.

Photos are courtesy of AG Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation.

During the investigation, agents learned Dominque hid his income and marital status to continue receiving benefits. They also discovered Courtney uploaded a false employment verification letter to Dominque’s LDH file, falsely cl

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