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April 2 , 2007
Waxahachie Nursing Home Office Manager Indicted in Medicaid Fraud Case
Judy Putman of Navarro County charged with diverting patients’ funds
WAXAHACHIE – An Ellis County grand jury indicted a Waxahachie nursing home office manager for stealing money from more than 100 nursing home residents. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which investigated the case, is jointly prosecuting with the Ellis County District Attorney’s office.
The grand jury charged Judy C. Putman, 55, of Blooming Grove in Navarro County, with diverting money belonging to the residents.
“Texans will not tolerate criminals who exploit senior citizens,” said Attorney General Abbott. “Our Medicaid Fraud Control Unit will continue cracking down on nursing homes and their employees who take advantage of their residents. The elderly must be treated with dignity and protected from harm.
Attorney General Abbott added, “We are grateful to Ellis County District Attorney Joe Grubbs for his tremendous assistance with the prosecution of this case.”
The Attorney General’s investigation found that Putman, who worked at Renfro Health Care Center in Waxahachie, diverted funds belonging to 110 residents into a trust fund bank account. She then forged 145 checks written on that account for a total of $356,650, a first-degree felony. Putman also controlled a single resident’s personal checkbook and wrote checks on that account totaling more than $34,000, a second-degree felony.
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