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Former Nursing Home Employee and Home Health Aide Arrested in Two Separate Cases Involving Financial Exploitation of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults

Maryland Woman Sentenced for Committing Health Care Fraud; Government Continues Crackdown on People Who Defraud Medicaid

WASHINGTON – Latonja Dashawn Carrera (a.k.a. Latonja Dashawn Martin), 46, was arrested on December 8, 2020, and charged via criminal complaint with felony Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person, in violation of D.C. Code § 22-933.01. On the same day, Kim Renee West, 56, pled guilty pursuant to a Deferred Sentencing Agreement to one count of misdemeanor Financial Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult, in violation of the same code provision.

Former Office of Tax and Revenue Head of Collections Sentenced for Paying Bribes to OTR Official to Help Consulting Client

Former D.C. Government Employee Sentenced to 12 Months and a Day in Prison for Fraud Scheme that Cost Government More than $880,000

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Committing Health Care Fraud

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud

Washington D.C. Dentist and Two others facing Federal indictment in Maryland on charges related to a scheme to defraud Medicaid

University of Maryland Law School Graduate and National Institutes of Health Employee Charged with Defrauding Medicaid

District Woman Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison on Federal Mail Fraud Charge, Admits Her Role in Embezzlement Scheme