Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Orange Park Police Department announce the arrest of the former office manager of a nursing and rehab facility. Priscilla Sluder is accused of stealing nearly $30,000 from resident trust fund accounts for personal benefit.
Sluder worked as an assistant business manager for The Palms Nursing and Rehab at Orange Park, a 120-bed nursing facility. According to the investigation, Sluder took cash from the Patient Trust Fund, an account set up for residents to access cash for personal items. The investigation revealed she stole funds for more than two years, totalling $29,504 from at least 40 patients.
The Palms reimbursed all the patients’ accounts and terminated Sluder.
“Florida seniors should not have to worry about their personal funds being stolen, especially from a manager of a nursing facility who is supposed to be looking out for them. The defendant’s actions are shameful, and I am grateful for my Medicaid Fraud Control Unit stopping this grand theft,” Attorney General Ashley Moody said.
Sluder faces one count of grand theft $20,000 or more, but less than $100,000, a second-degree felony. Attorney General Moody’s MFCU will prosecute the case through an agreement with the State Attorney’s Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit.