KARISSA-ANNE FRANNICOLA OF CALDWELL CHARGED WITH STEALING $20,530 FROM NURSING HOME RESIDENT4/30/2019
Karissa-Anne Frannicola of Caldwell charged with stealing $20,530 from nursing home residenTby Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com Published 1pm  CALDWELL, NJ - The New Jersey Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor announced yesterday charges against Karissa-Anne Frannicola, 29, of Caldwell. Frannicola is accused of stealing about $20,530 from an elderly nursing home resident over whom she had power of attorney. In an effort to protect elderly and disabled individuals from abuse and neglect, the office also charged three other women with residential care crimes. The charges were determined after investigations were completed by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit which receives federal monies to investigate and prosecute Medicaid provider fraud and the abuse of Medicaid patients.
Frannicola was charged with the following over incidents which occurred between April and August of 2017:
The other women involved in the indictment were Martha Ruiz, 25, of Camden, and Kendall Crouch, 24, of Clementon. Both women were employed as psych aides at Bancroft Neurohealth in Mt. Laurel. Bancroft Neurohealth is a facility which cares for developmentally disabled adults and children. In their case, both Ruiz and Crouch are accused of physically abusing one of the disabled residents. According to the Prosecutor, on June 1, 2018, Ruiz and Crouch allegedly "struck the resident in the face, twisted his hand and wrist, forcefully restrained him to his bed, and forced a urine-soaked towel on his face." Both women were charged with:
Additionally, Christine Sanford, 31, of Atlantic City, is accused of assuming a false identity to work as a Certified Nurse Aide at the Barnegat Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Barnegat in November 2018. The Prosecutor believes Sanford used a false identity because her own Nurse Aide certification had been revoked by the New Jersey Department of Health in 2017 after she was determined to be unqualified. Sanford is charged with:
People who are concerned about insurance cheating and have information about a fraud can report it anonymously by calling the toll-free hotline at 1-877-55-FRAUD, or visiting the website at www.njinsurancefraud.org. State regulations also permit a reward to be paid to an eligible person who provides information that leads to an arrest, prosecution and conviction for insurance fraud. ROSELAND POLICE OFFICER MICHAEL GIBBONS THWARTS CAR BURGLARIES, Dodges car attack |
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