Three Baton Rouge residents plead guilty to Medicaid fraud, conspiracy; could face decades behind bars

WBRZ, By WBRZ Staff, May 9, 2025

BATON ROUGE — Three Baton Rouge residents pleaded guilty to posing as medical professionals to obtain prescription drugs and defrauding federal benefits programs, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Kevan Andre Hills, 31, Devin Tyrone Stampley Jr., 33 and Asia Desham Guess, 28, all admitted that they conspired to submit fraudulent prescriptions for drugs like promethazine with codeine and hydrocodone.

According to prosecutors, the three used the Drug Enforcement Administration registration numbers and other identifying information of several physicians to fraudulently bill Medicaid for thousands in prescriptions.

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