Attorney General Dave Sunday announced today that charges have been filed against two personal care attendants—Ashley Griffin and Yolanda Wright of Abington Township—who defrauded Medicaid by submitting nearly $1.5 million in reimbursements for work that was not performed.

Griffin, 27, and Wright, 49, are each charged with felony Medicaid Fraud, theft by deception, and conspiracy.

According to Sunday’s announcement, an investigation revealed that Griffin submitted more than 64,000 work hours for $1.2 million in reimbursements between 2020 and 2023, knowing she did not complete the work reported.

Sunday said that on more than 1,000 occasions, Griffin submitted time entries exceeding 24 work hours for a single day. She reported 126 work hours on one particular day.

“This criminal conduct is much more than someone ‘working the system’ — the impact is deep and wide-ranging, as every dollar diverted deprives someone in need of care,” Sunday said. “Here, we uncovered a blatant and intentional misreporting of work hours, which defrauded the Medicaid program — and intended care recipients — of more than $1 million.”

Griffin was hired as a personal care attendant for agencies in Montgomery, Philadelphia, Delaware, and Bucks counties.

After Griffin was questioned about the alleged scheme in September 2023, Sunday said reports in her name dropped drastically. However, investigators determined she paid Wright to continue the false time entries in Wright’s name, totaling more than $275,000 in reimbursements.

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