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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/12/1640106081276.png" alt="Attorney General Leslie Rutledge- courtesy photo" />
 <figcaption>Attorney General Leslie Rutledge- courtesy photo</figcaption>
 </figure>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a former nursing home owner on eight Medicaid fraud charges involving his facilities in Arkansas, the state’s <a href="https://arkansasag.gov/news_releases/rutledge-announces-arrest-warrant-issued-for-skyline-nursing-home-owner-joseph-schwartz/">attorney general said Monday.</a><figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/12/1640105791161.png" alt="Arkansas Attorney General's office" />
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 </figure>Joseph Schwartz also faces two counts of state tax violations for failing to pay taxes that were withheld from employees’ paychecks, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said.Schwartz operated Skyline Health Care, which at one point held licenses for one out of every 10 nursing homes in the state. Schwartz has relinquished most of his nursing homes, including those in Arkansas, because of financial insolvency.Schwartz’ attorney, Bill James, told the newspaper that his client is expected to surrender in January and that he will plead not guilty to the charges.Schwartz was also&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tn-state-wire-sd-state-wire-ne-state-wire-us-news-ar-state-wire-acf33f73bd4412f55a74510c2b2119e8">sued in federal court</a>&nbsp;in 2020 by former employees in multiple states who claimed that they were left without health insurance even though money had been deducted from their paychecks. Five plaintiffs who worked at Skyline-operated facilities in South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska and Arkansas filed the suit.

Arrest warrant issued for ex-nursing home owner with employees from Kansas