Ex Sheppard Pratt Employee Indicted on Fraud Charges

A high-ranking Sheppard Pratt employee and her husband have been indicted on fraud charges based on claims from 2007 to 2014 totaling $2.5 million, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland reported Thursday.

Lyneth Nyabiosi was the director of the health information management at Sheppard Pratt, where from November 2005 to September 2014, she was responsible for overseeing and storing medical records from various departments, the report stated.

In 2007 she married her now-husband Willie Evans III and they settled in Bear, Del., according to the report. Together they founded a business called Information Management Solutions Technology, which they said had locations in Columbia and Christiana, Del., according to the U.S. Attorney.

Nyabiosi authorized a noncompetitive contract between Sheppard Pratt and the business in 2007, providing a fake name as the company’s representative and not disclosing that there was a conflict of interest—a systemwide policy—according to the indictment.

Between March 2007 and August 2014, the couple submitted more than 150 claims for work that was never done or for work with inflated prices, and Nyabiosi approved the invoices at work, the indictment alleges.

They defrauded Sheppard Pratt of $2.5 million during that timeframe and used the money for home renovations; mortgage payments; wire transfers to Africa; plus food, vehicle and entertainment expenses, according to the indictment.

The fraud scheme came to light when in August 2014, there was a mathematical error on one of the invoices from Information Management Solutions Technology and Sheppard Pratt staff looked into the matter, according to the indictment.

Evans and Nyabiosi tried to cover up the scheme by creating a fake email address and documents.

The indictment seeks forfeiture of $2.6 million; two residences located in Bear and Newark, Del.; and three vehicles, court documents show.

Nyabiosi appeared in U.S. District Court in Baltimore Wednesday and Evans was in court Thursday, where each was indicted on eight counts of mail fraud and conspiring to commit mail fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney.

They are released on home confinement, and facing a maximum sentence of 20 years apiece, the U.S. Attorney reported.

An indictment does not equal a conviction.