Springfield Woman Exploits Elderly, Steals $40,000 Using Medicaid Scam

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that Kaylie Giberson, from Springfield, pleaded guilty to stealing over $40,000 from elderly nursing home residents and her employer. She used her previous job as a Medicaid consultant to steal victims’ financial information. The charges against her were filed by the AGO in December 2023 and February 2024.

Giberson pleaded guilty in Hampden County Superior Court to 22 charges, including six counts of Larceny over $250 from a person over 60, six counts of Forgery, three counts of Uttering a Forged Document or Check, three counts of Larceny, and three counts of Attempted Larceny. As part of her sentence, she received two-and-a-half years in the Hampden County House of Correction, suspended for five years, and five years of probation. Giberson must pay more than $40,000 in restitution, avoid contact with the victims, and is banned from working with elders or in any healthcare setting.

According to the AGO, Giberson had been stealing money since at least 2022 while working as a Medicaid consultant in Springfield. She accessed financial information belonging to nursing home residents and wrote fake checks to herself, often for tens of thousands of dollars. She also used victims’ debit cards to make personal purchases without their knowledge and forged signatures to falsely give herself power of attorney to access bank accounts.

The AGO further alleged that Giberson used her company’s credit card for unauthorized personal online purchases. Her employment with the Medicaid consulting company was eventually terminated.

This case was handled by Senior Trial Counsel Elisha W. Willis and Investigator Erica Schlain from the AGO’s Medicaid Fraud Division, along with Senior Victim Witness Advocate Megan Murphy. The Webster and Marlborough Police Departments also contributed to the investigation.

The AGO’s Medicaid Fraud Division investigates fraud, abuse, and financial exploitation related to the state’s Medicaid program, MassHealth. Individuals can report cases of Medicaid fraud, abuse, or neglect involving long-term care residents by visiting the AGO’s website.

The Medicaid Fraud Division receives 75% of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through a grant totaling $5,922,320 for fiscal year 2025. The remaining 25%, or $1,974,102, is funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.