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Psychologist's Fraud Arrest May Affect Trials He Testified In Blogs Only gfedc Weekly By Paul Knight in Courts, Cover Story Tuesday, Jul. 14 2009 @ 3:03PM Advanced Archive Search >> gfedc Music Matthew Leddy, a local psychologist, was gfedc Promotions arrested late last month for theft and Medicaid Most gfedc Dining fraud, accused of billing for work that he didn't gfedc Events Recent Commented Viewed perform, according to articles in the Houston Subscribe Chronicle and the Conroe Courier. KBR Wins A Victory In One E-Mail Address Go Of Its Iraq-Electrocution Suits The articles don't mention, however, that Leddy was working for the Mental Health and Houston Is Epicenter Of Big Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County Medicare-Fraud Sweep and testified in criminal trials that resulted in The Fine-Dining Options At at least one man getting a lengthy prison The Courthouse Have Photo courtesy Montgomery County Gotten Slimmer sentence. Sheriff's Office Catching Up With The We've written about two cases in the last year where Leddy examined the Aeros' Play-By-Play Guy defendant and testified. In one case, he ruled that Alexander Hatcher, a man Produce Company Sues diagnosed as bipolar and schizophrenic who was originally arrested for criminal HISD, Alleging Bid-Rigging mischief, was competent to stand trial. A jury later sentenced Hatcher to 53 years More Recent Entries... in prison.

According to the clerk in Judge Susan Brown's court, which tried Hatcher's case, Slideshows the state filed a brief in March on his appeal case, which is still pending. His appellate attorney, Leah Borg, wasn't available for comment, but his original court-appointed defender, Mark Hochglaube, said Leddy's arrest creates the potential for a re-trial.

The allegations against Leddy -- from the state's Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit -- date back as early as 2003 when he had a private practice, before he worked for MHMRA. According to the Courier article, however, the July 2009: Month In latest charge is from November 2007, several months after Leddy examined Photos Hatcher.

It's unclear why Leddy left his private practice and started working for MHMRA, and a representative from the agency wasn't available for clarification. Leddy's attorney, Philip Hilder, didn't know exactly when Leddy started with MHMRA, but says none of the alleged crimes happened during his time there. Hilder added that the arrest should have no bearing on any testimoney Leddy has given. 2009 Music "We maintain that he's innocent of the charges, and we intend to prove that," Awards Showcase, Part IV Now Click This Hilder tells Hair Balls. "We think that the government's charges are reckless." „ Facebook

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