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For Immediate Release:  
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June 16, 2008  

Division of Criminal Justice
609-292-4791

Office of The Attorney General
- Anne Milgram, Attorney General
Division of Criminal Justice
- Gregory A. Paw, Director

Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
- Greta Gooden Brown, Insurance Fraud Prosecutor

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Camden County Woman Charged with Theft from Elderly Nursing Home Resident

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TRENTON - Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Voorhees woman has been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $9,000 from an elderly nursing home resident.

According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden Brown, Mary Ellen Wright, 64, of Voorhees, was charged on Friday with third-degree theft by unlawful taking.

The Camden County grand jury indictment alleges that between June 1, 2006, and February 28, 2007, Wright held a power of attorney for an elderly resident in the Voorhees Center, a long-term care facility in Voorhees. The power of attorney required Wright to accept Social Security and pension monies paid to the resident and turn them over to the Voorhees Center as payment for the resident’s care. It is alleged that Wright did not turn over money and, in fact, stole money for her own purposes. She allegedly failed to turn over a total of approximately $9,428 to the Voorhees Center on behalf of the resident, who died in February 2007.

Detective Anthony Iannice and Deputy Attorney General William Hoyman were assigned to the investigation into this case. Hoyman presented the case to the Camden County grand jury.

“The Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, as part of its statewide mandate to investigate insurance fraud, routinely investigates fraud and abuse associated with the Medicaid program, including patient abuse cases,” Prosecutor Brown said. “The theft allegedly committed by this defendant represents not only a direct abuse of an elderly patient, but also an indirect abuse of the Medicaid program, which is designed to provide quality care for patients who could not otherwise afford it.”

The indictment is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Third-degree crimes carry a maximum punishment of five years in state prison and a criminal fine of $15,000.

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