A Cranberry Township woman was sentenced Wednesday to 84 months in prison for her role in collecting more than $87 million in illegal state Medicaid payments through four entities she operated with family members.

U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon sentenced Arlinda Moriarty, 53, on counts of health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, engaging in a scheme to conceal material facts in a health care matter, and aggravated identity theft.

Also charged in connection with the scheme were Moriarty’s sister, Daynelle Dickens, 48, of Pittsburgh and their uncle, Tony Brown, 65. They were charged with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Bissoon sentenced Dickens to 24 months in prison and Brown to 36 months of probation, including three months of home confinement. The three were ordered to pay the following in restitution to the Pennsylvania Medicaid program:

– Moriarty, $8.7 million

– Dickens, $1 million

– Brown, $43,113

All three pleaded guilty to the charges in May.

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