A Warner Robins resident, Elizabeth Sue Ivester, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding the Georgia Medicaid Program of more than $5 million. The sentencing took place on Thursday before Judge Marc Treadwell.
Ivester operated Liberty Medical, a supplier of durable medical equipment. She pleaded guilty on October 2, 2025, to one count of Medicaid fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to court records, Ivester admitted to submitting at least 77,095 false claims for equipment that was never provided. These claims involved misrepresenting the identities of prescribing physicians and using recipients’ Medicaid identification numbers without authorization. As a result, Georgia Medicaid paid out $5.4 million covering 7,684 recipients between June 13, 2014 and September 30, 2022.
During the hearing, Ivester’s attorney P. MacKenzie Miller stated that initial violations were due to billing errors but later became intentional exploitation of the program by Ivester.
In her statement to the court, Ivester said she regretted her actions: “I made a mistake and I am sorry for the harm and loss of trust that resulted from this scheme.”
Judge Treadwell handed down a five-year sentence for Medicaid fraud with an additional mandatory two years for aggravated identity theft. Ivester is also required to repay the funds taken from Georgia Medicaid.
The prosecution was part of a broader initiative led by the Department of Justice and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr targeting Medicaid fraud. This national effort has charged 324 individuals—including doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and other licensed professionals across 50 federal districts—with stealing over $14.6 billion.
