Justice Dept.: Former Nursing Home Worker Charged With Wire Fraud in "Ghost" Employee Fraud Scheme
October 14, 2023
October 14, 2023
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release:
A federal grand jury in Chicago returned an indictment charging a former nursing home employee with seven counts of wire fraud.
According to court documents, Alisha Richardson, 44, of Chicago, devised a scheme to defraud her employer, a Chicago-area nursing home, of funds by falsifying records to generate payments to individuals who never worked at the facility (so-called "ghos . . .
A federal grand jury in Chicago returned an indictment charging a former nursing home employee with seven counts of wire fraud.
According to court documents, Alisha Richardson, 44, of Chicago, devised a scheme to defraud her employer, a Chicago-area nursing home, of funds by falsifying records to generate payments to individuals who never worked at the facility (so-called "ghos . . .