(KAIR)--A former nurses’ aide from Atchison has been sentenced to two years in prison following her conviction on Medicaid fraud and related charges.
According to a news release from Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, 26-year-old Janelle Lynn Sakakihara was sentenced Wednesday in Doniphan County District Court.
She pleaded no contest in July and was found guilty of one count of Medicaid fraud and two counts of felony mistreatment of a dependent adult.
According to the criminal complaint, the offenses took place while Sakakihara was employed at the Highland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.
According to the news release, the crimes occurred in September, 2017, and she was charged following an investigation by the attorney general’s Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Division and the Highland Police Department. The investigation revealed that Sakakihara abused multiple residents at the care facility.
Sakakihara was among ten individuals in seven counties charged in September, 2018 as part of a statewide enforcement sweep by the Kansas Attorney General’s Office.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Meriden teen injured in Jeff co wreck
Two arrested in rural Horton drug bust
USD 415 board approves resignations, new hires
Fake sports rings seized enroute to Atchison
Early Saturday house fire battled in Atchison
Topeka woman arrested in Jackson Co on drug charges
Hearing held on USD 115 land transfer petition
4th attorney appointed for TX man charged in fatal Jackson Co wreck
Failure to stop, Georgia warrants, hold Atchison man
8-year-old injured in mid-week Atchison wreck
New Mayor appointed for Lancaster
LV man sentenced for teen sexual attack
K-9 bridge replacement underway in Nemaha County
Motorcyclist injured in Winthrop, MO crash
Lansing inmate dead, investigation continues
Hiawatha street repair project approved
LATEST STORIES
Electrical distribution project upgrades for Falls City
NPPD warns downed power lines can be deadly
MHMA Mock Trial Team wins state, heads to natls
Nebraska students taking advantage of dual credit courses
Lansing inmate dead, investigation continues
Motorcyclist injured in Winthrop, MO crash
Bird flu found in two KS dairy herds
Brown Co certifies election results