Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrested a Slidell woman on September 11, 2025.

45-year-old Tasha Hayes, of Dunkirk Street in Slidell, was arrested for violating:

• 14:70.1 Medicaid Fraud (3 counts)

Hayes used a fake driver’s license and Social Security Number to falsify her identity in an effort to conceal a prior felony conviction in order to gain employment with several Medicaid providers.

During their investigation, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) agents discovered that Hayes had a 2019 conviction for Second degree battery, which she failed to disclose.

This arrest was part of a joint operation with agents from the LADOJ Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, LBI Fugitive Apprehension Unit, LSP Fugitive Task Force, and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office.  

Hayes was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Prison.

Her bond information is unknown at this time.

The investigation is ongoing.

*All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.