A federal grand jury in Benton, Illinois, returned a six-count indictment charging a Veterans Affairs psychologist.
Theresa Kelly, 56, of Herrin, Illinois, is accused of engaging in a scheme to seek approved medical leave and reasonable accommodations from her former employer without valid documentation. She is also charged with submitting false medical documents as well as being accused for being involved with another scheme that would bill Medicare for services that she did not provide at a Southern Illinois nursing home.
The announcement was made Monday in a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois.
A licensed clinical psychologist, Kelly was employed by the VA at its medical center in Marion, Illinois. Between November 2016 and August 2020, Kelly submitted fraudulent medical documentation in the name of real and fake medical providers as part of the approval process for reasonable accommodations and medical leave, including FMLA leave, according to court documents.
The indictment alleges Kelly provided the VA with letters and documentation purportedly from a “Dr. K. William Dixon” and “Amy J. Aron, Ph.D.” that detailed those providers’ alleged treatment of Kelly. Investigators later determined that there were no medical providers by those names practicing in Illinois. Thus bringing the charge of submitting false medical documents that bore the forged signature of two legitimate medical providers.
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