The trial for Republican state representative Tricia Derges, who represents Nixa in the Missouri state house began Monday morning June 13, 2022.
Derges is accused of scheming victims from 2018 to 2020, illegally prescribing narcotics, and lying to federal agents.
A federal grand jury indictment alleges Derges fraudulently received about $300,000 in federal coronavirus aid for her nonprofit medical and dental clinic serving the poor, homeless, and uninsured. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the Springfield organization, called Lift Up, did not provide COVID-19 testing to its patients but Derges’ medical clinics did. Derges was accused of concealing the reimbursements her clinics had already received for those services.
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