Former public defender sentenced to prison for healthcare fraud

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: September 30, 2026

Words: 635

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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A former public defender from western Iowa has been sentenced to five months in prison for defrauding Medicaid and cancer patients.

In June, a federal grand jury in Nebraska charged Iowa-licensed attorney Cassi Wigington with healthcare fraud. Prosecutors alleged that beginning in 2012, Wigington fraudulently sold medical equipment such as custom-made breast prosthetic devices for women who had undergone mastectomies.

In some cases, she allegedly had customers sign, in advance, receipts for the delivery of …

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