Iowa lawyer accused of defrauding cancer patients and their insurers

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: August 20, 2026

Words: 713

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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A former public defender who won the support of judges and a member of the Iowa Legislature after a 2023 arrest for shoplifting now stands accused of defrauding Medicaid and cancer patients.

Attorney Cassi Wigington, who will be sentenced next month on a charge of healthcare fraud, has agreed to pay $445,455 as restitution in the case. That agreement comes 13 months after Wigington told the Iowa Supreme Court she had shoplifted alcohol and other …

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