A federal grand jury has indicted two former McGuire Memorial direct care workers on hate crime charges, alleging the pair intentionally committed violent acts on patients with severe disabilities.
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A federal grand jury has indicted the former administrator of a local nursing home, alleging that the administrator directed employees to over-report their work hours in order to satisfy federal staffing requirements.
Susan Gilbert carried out the alleged fraud at the Mt. Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness Center between October 2018 and February 2020, according to statements from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Western Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.
“These crimes put facility residents at risk by only providing a dangerously low amount of nursing staff just before COVID began to surge across the country,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in the statements.