A New Orleans nurse who authored a series of children’s books was indicted by federal authorities Thursday on six counts of health care fraud.

According to documents filed in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, Scharmaine Lawson Baker, a 56-year-old nurse practitioner, submitted more than $12 million in bogus Medicare claims, getting reimbursed for $1.5 million.

Prosecutors allege that for 12 months beginning in October 2018, Lawson Baker took bribes from a Utah company and, in exchange, had her private nursing practice submit claims for genetic testing for cancer.

The company, which the indictment does not name, placed ads on social media saying the tests would screen for patient’s risk of certain cancers, though the indictment says such tests are not covered by Medicare because they don’t diagnose a disease or condition. And in the limited circumstances when such tests are covered, they need to be ordered by a physician, the indictment says.

The testing was advertised as costing participants little to no money, and Lawson Baker would speak with them for only about one minute before submitting the claim, the indictment says.

“The orders were induced by the payment of kickbacks and bribes, not the product of a doctor-patient relationship and examination, not medically necessary and not eligible for reimbursement by Medicare,” prosecutors wrote in the indictment.

The alleged kickbacks and bribes, which the indictment does not quantify, were referred to by the company as “network-based consultations.” The indictment says Lawson Baker did not account for those payments on a 2019 bankruptcy petition she filed in federal court, which prosecutors say was an effort to conceal them because she knew they were illegal.