National ‘Medicaid millionaire’ bought Lamborghini, made $480K in a year, LA officials say

A woman is accused of collecting Medicaid benefits in Louisiana while raking in money from multiple businesses, prosecutors said. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A woman bought a Lamborghini, got plastic surgery and owned businesses that brought in $9.5 million in revenue — all while receiving Medicaid benefits, prosecutors in Louisiana said.

Candace Taylor, 35, is now charged with government benefits fraud, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced July 29 in a news release.

Prosecutors called Taylor a “Medicaid millionaire,” saying she concealed her true income and falsified financial information for years to obtain benefits she didn’t need.

Agents with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation said they learned Taylor owned six companies, which an arrest affidavit said brought in $9.5 million from 2020 to 2024, according to prosecutors.

“In 2020, despite being approved for Medicaid and claiming to possess no income, her account recorded deposits totaling $480,994.09, with over $325,000 directly attributable from her business activities,” prosecutors wrote.

Before ultimately being approved for Medicaid, prosecutors said she tried to apply under an alias and reported she made $1,900 bi-weekly, which was above the threshold for qualifying for benefits.

After her 2019 application was rejected, she re-applied using the same alias 10 months later, changing her story about her dependents, investigators said.

While Taylor was on Medicaid, investigators said she withdrew hundreds of thousands of dollars from her bank account for plastic surgery, expensive jewelry, property acquisitions and other luxury expenses.

She flaunted some of these purchases on social media, agents said.

Two months after prosecutors say she spent over $100,000 to buy a Lamborghini Urus, she tried to renew her benefits with the Louisiana Department of Health, investigators said. She reported she made $4,000 while working at a business while failing to mention the business was hers, prosecutors said.

Agents said they subpoenaed her tax returns in 2025 and found out she had been misrepresenting her income.

Records show Taylor was arrested and booked in the East Baton Rouge Parish jail on July 28.

Taylor is from Slidell, which is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area.