High school students can get free prom dresses and suits at Montgomery County Recreation’s third annual “Project Prom Dress” giveaway on Saturday in Burtonsville.
The event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Marilyn J. Praisner Community Recreation Center at 14906 Old Columbia Pike.
High school students who present their school IDs can receive new or gently used dresses, suits, shoes, jewelry and other items for free. The items were donated by members of the community in February and March. [The MoCo Show]
U.S. Navy Band will perform in free concert at Montgomery College
The U.S. Navy Band will perform in a free concert at Montgomery College in Silver Spring on Friday. The event will be one of the many public concerts that the band performs throughout the country.
The concert will be from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the college’s Cultural Arts Center at 7995 Georgia Ave. Tickets are not required to attend.
The performance will include several pieces, such as Richard Wagner’s “Introduction to Act III of Lohengrin” and the New York Hippodrome March by John Philip Sousa. [Montgomery Community Media]
Silver Spring man sentenced for Medicaid fraud scheme
Julius Bakari, 46, of Silver Spring was sentenced to three years in prison for “conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicaid,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said in a Tuesday release.
Bakari owns Holy Health Care Services, LLC, a mental health services provider, and he and his co-conspirators “paid bribes and kickbacks to Medicaid beneficiaries to induce them to visit Holy Health for mental health services” and billed Medicaid for visits that did not occur and services that were not provided.
Bakari also is required to pay a restitution of more than $3 million, which will cover the amount of money lost. [Source of the Spring]
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