MEDICAID FRAUD: One guilty plea as first trials begin for 11 arrested

Jury selection began Friday in the first two trials stemming from arrests made in January of 11 former Virgin Islands Human Services Department employees and their family members, who face accusations of defrauding Medicaid.

One defendant entered a guilty plea as the cases moved toward trial, marking the first resolution in what authorities have described as a significant fraud scheme involving the territory's health benefits system.