Yankton chiropractor pleads guilty to fraud charge

YANKTON (AP) — A Yankton chiropractor has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare and Medicaid.

Sixty-three-year-old Larry Jones admitted in a plea agreement with prosecutors to making false claims for two patients between January 2005 and April 2011.

The media reports that he faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine when he is sentenced Dec. 12. He also has given a $2,600 restitution check to the state attorney general's office.