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The owner of Hartford businesses that ran group homes across the state admits operating a $1.3 million in Medicaid fraud

The manager of groups homes for abuse victims and others with a variety of mental health problems admitted in federal court Friday that he defrauded the state Medicaid program of more than $1.3 million by billing the state for psychotherapy services that were never provided to clients.

Cortney Dunlap, 36, of Burlington was a licensed professional counselor who owned two Hartford-based companies that managed group homes in Harford, Bristol, Cromwell and Waterbury. The businesses offered counseling and other services for low income clients with an array of emotional, neurological and psychiatric problems.

Dunlap pleaded guilty Friday U.