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Escambia County Assisted Living Owner Arrested By AG’s Office
October 15, 2017
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has arrested an Escambia County resident for criminally using someone’s personal identification information.
Aisha Westbrooks, 40, is the owner of the assisted living facility House of Honor The Westbrooks Inc. According to the investigation, Westbrooks illegally used the information of an employee’s sister to hide the identity of the same employee, who is a convicted felon. Westbrooks also allegedly used this information to bill Medicaid and private pay clients for more than $15,000 in services provided by the employee, who is not eligible to work for a Medicaid provider.
This House of Honor employee, Sade Grier, used her sister’s identification and training records to qualify employment. Grier has been previously convicted of theft from a person 65 years of age or older, fraudulent use of a credit card and grand theft. Under Florida law, a person with prior felony convictions for theft is disqualified from working with the elderly or disabled, and an assisted living facility cannot employ a disqualified person. In July 2017, the MFCU and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrested Grier on a lesser charge of the same crime.
According to the investigation, Westbrooks and Grier are longtime friends, and she hired her to work at the House of Honor from January 2015 through November 2015.
Westbrooks faces one count of criminal use of personal identification more than $5,000, a second-degree felony. If convicted, Westbrooks faces up to 15 years in prison. Attorney General Bondi’s Office is prosecuting this case through a special agreement with the State Attorney’s Office for the First Judicial Circuit.
Westbrooks was released from jail on a $5,000 bond.
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6 Responses to “Escambia County Assisted Living Owner Arrested By AG’s Office”
GONNA WATCH THIS CASE CLOSELY .I HOPE SHE AND ALL INVOLVED GETS A MAX SENTENCE AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE DESERVES WHEN CONVICTED . OH YOU CANT GET OUT OF THIS ONE SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET COMFORTABLE AND SAY IT OUT LOUD GOOD-BYE !!!!!!
Inever worked in assistant living , but I did work long term care for many years. As well for several years have a little business of my own that I would help seniors with errands and I would also clean there homes . I did a lot of wouldn’t even charge them I would refuse the money. So how this lady can hire someone that not suppose to work with the seniors and ruin her whole life and upset the seniors she has in her care home we can only guess.but now she have time to think. She can’t even have that bussiness any more. One mistake it’s all gone. So sad.
Not much honor in that house. Wonder what happens when they dig a little deeper.
Glad they caught her. What is going to happen to the employee who KNEW she should not have been working there? I would imagine that’s a violation of parole, or supervised release if she’s still under the paper part of her sentence. Back to jail?
First, Kipling Manor now House of the Westbrooks. Shut them down if they can’t comply with regulations. Always be alert for these “off the wall” facilities. Pay a little extra to get the proper care you need without fraudulent violations. Check out each facility with the State before entering any facility. Be cautious with your loved ones.
so sad these sorry people like her takes advance of the system and patients money.who ever caught her youre a hero. theres so many people doing these like she dont have a job.what a greedy person.hope the people she was taking care of did not go without.she needs to pay back ever cent.and some prison time also.