Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) arrested a Slidell couple for defrauding Louisiana's Medicaid program of nearly $135,000.

The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) received a criminal referral from Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) regarding allegations that Phuc and Tran Pham, of Marais River Drive in Slidell, both Medicaid recipients, had intentionally underreported their income for purposes to receive Medicaid benefits.

During this investigation, LBI agents learned that in the period between March 2022 and August 2025, Phuc and Tran Pham presented false information by failing to accurately report their marital status and true household income. As a result, the Pham’s defrauded the Medicaid program of nearly $135,000.

On Thursday, April 23rd, LBI agents arrested Phuc Pham and Tran Pham pursuant to arrest warrants issued by the 19th Judicial District Court on charges of Government Benefits Fraud and Filing False Public Records.

36-year-old Phuc Pham was charged with:

• L.R.S. 14:70.9 Government Benefits Fraud (two counts)
• L.R.S. 14:133 Filing False Public Records (one count)

34-year-old Tran Pham was charged with:

• L.R.S. 14:70.9 Government Benefits Fraud (three counts)
• L.R.S. 14:133 Filing False Public Records (one count)

“Defrauding Medicaid is stealing from the hardworking taxpayers of our state. If you lie to obtain benefits, you’re going to jail," said Attorney General Murrill.

The couple was booked without incident at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. 

Their bond information is unknown.

The investigation continues.

Phuc Pham (above)

Tran Pham (above)

*All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.