Caldwell Woman Accused Of Stealing $20K From Elderly Resident

CALDWELL, NJ — A Caldwell woman has been accused of stealing $20,530 from an elderly nursing home resident over whom she had power of attorney, state prosecutors announced Monday.

Karissa-Anne Frannicola, 29, of Caldwell, was charged with theft by failure to make disposition of property received and misapplication of entrusted property – both third-degree crimes – in connection with thefts that occurred between April and August of 2017, prosecutors said.

The name of the nursing home was not disclosed in a statement from the New Jersey Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP).

The charges against Frannicola were contained in an indictment handed up by a state grand jury in Trenton on Monday, prosecutors said.

The indictment against Frannicola resulted from an investigation conducted by the OIFP’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which receives federal funding to investigate and prosecute Medicaid provider fraud as well as the abuse or neglect of Medicaid patients, or patients who reside in facilities that receive Medicaid funding.

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