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A former top executive of a Missouri hospital has been charged in a massive billing fraud scheme that came to light in 2017 as a result of a state audit. 

Dean Ernest had been living in a nursing home about a year when his son, John, got a call last winter asking if his father was experiencing back pain and…

Lisa Talton Wells Daugherty, 52, of Rainbow City, a former Unit Coordinator at Oak Landing Assisted Living Facility in Atalla, Alabama is charged with one count each of wire fraud,…

Mallory Gayton, 34, a certified nursing assistant (CNA) incurred $25,000 in fraudulent charges after stealing a 77-year-old’s debit card to pay for school photos, sports tickets, and jail inmate care…

A federal judge ruled that Katie Louise Boll, 31, a former Manchester nurse will remain in jail pending sentencing because she had violated pretrial release while awaiting trial for stealing…

The fourth and final suspect in a Mannford, Oklahoma nursing home elder abuse case is in custody. 

Tucson, Ariz. — On September 27, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Zipps sentenced Faye Ann Singer to 18 months in prison for defrauding a 92-year-old vulnerable- victim. The court…

Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced that Dermot Hanna, 59, of Rutland, Vermont, was arraigned on September 30, 2019, on two counts of Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult and two counts…

Jatoria Johnson, 22, was arrested Tuesday after being accused of assaulting two residents at a Georgia nursing home. 

A Franklin County Grand Jury has indicted Roberta I. Bower, 28, and Makiah Chane’I Halsell, 22, in connection to the June 3, 2018 abuse of a 94-year-old victim.