Amityville NY - Nurse Charged With Grand Larceny And Falsifying Her License Application

Amityville NY - Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced that an Amityville woman has been charged with stealing more than $40,000 by falsifying time sheets for nursing care she never provided. In a second case, she was charged with falsifying the license renewal application she filed with the state.

Astra Brown, 42, was employed at White Glove Placement, Inc., a nursing agency that had assigned her to work at Medford Multicare Center, a nursing home in Suffolk County. Medford terminated Brown in early October 2005, but Brown continued to submit time sheets to White Glove through January 2006. In order to get paid, Brown forged the signature of a Medford supervisor on thirteen time sheets for numerous shifts that she did not work. As a result, White Glove paid Brown more than $40,000 and billed Medford for hours that Brown never worked.

Also did Brown falsify her license renewal application in June 2004, by denying that she had any criminal charges pending against her when, in fact, she had been arrested earlier that month. The falsified application was filed with the New York State Education Department and her license was renewed, permitting her to continue to work without further scrutiny.

Brown was arraigned on both charges by Suffolk County District Court Judge Paul M. Hensley. Bail was set at $50,000.

Attorney General Spitzer thanked Medford Multicare Center for referring the case to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.