BATON ROUGE, LA - Following her arrest last year by
Attorney General Jeff Landry’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the Minden
Police Department, and the Bienville Parish Sheriff’s Office – Stephanie Hays,
who was accused of stealing nearly $400,000 from residents of the Leslie Lakes
Retirement Center in Arcadia, today pled guilty to money laundering and
exploitation.
“I commend my Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for their hard
work in investigating and prosecuting Ms. Hays,” said General Landry. “Today,
she was convicted for scamming and robbing those entrusted in her care.”
“As I have often said, elderly fraud is an unlawful and
immoral act that we will continue to investigate and prosecute,” continued
General Landry. “I am grateful for the work by my office to get justice for the
victims, including a Holocaust survivor, and the State.”
Earlier today, in open court, Hays pled guilty to one
count of money laundering in excess of $100,000 and one count of exploitation.
She was sentenced to 10 years at hard labor for money laundering and a
concurrent 10 years for exploitation. A civil judgment was also entered against
her for $390,537 restitution to the primary victim.
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