Sheppard Pratt Exec., Husband Plead Guilty To $2.7M Fraud

BALTIMORE (AP) -- The director of patient records at Sheppard Pratt Health Systems and her husband have pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing the institution for $2.7 million.

Fifty-nine-year-old Lyneth Nyabiosi and her husband, 53-year-old Willie Evans III, both of Bear, Delaware, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail fraud Friday on federal court in Baltimore.

According to their plea agreements, Nyabiosi was the director of the health information management department of Sheppard Pratt, which offers mental health, substance use and special education services.

Prosecutors say Nyabiosi signed a contract with Sheppard Pratt and a company Nyabiosi and Evans controlled. Authorities say the couple submitted more than 150 false invoices to Sheppard Pratt totaling $2.7 million.

Nyabiosi and Evans each face a maximum of 20 years in prison at sentencing in February.

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