Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $237K From Health Benefit Company

Nicole Stepney Turner, 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to charges she embezzled $237,638.54 from CareFirst, a health benefit provider affiliated with Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, for whom she had been employed as a billing and enrollment technician. Prosecutors alleged that Turner caused 84 checks to be issued from CareFirst to 10 conspirators, including her husband, Melvin Turner, who has also been charged in this case, but remains at large. The conspirators then cashed the checks and kicked back most of the proceeds to the Turners, according to prosecutors. Four other co-conspirators have pleaded guilty in the case. Nicole Turner faces up to 10 years in prison, plus restitution and fines.

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