A Kent man who used stolen identities of licensed nurses to send unqualified workers into Washington care facilities has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison, according to the Washington State Office of the Attorney General.
The sentencing follows a May 28 jury verdict finding David Mungai Njenga guilty on all 11 counts in what officials described as the first Medicaid fraud trial in Washington to involve the charge of leading organized crime.
Prosecutors said Njenga ran a sham nurse staffing agency, Heritage Medical Staffing Inc., based in Kent, which was later renamed Pro Med Alliance Medical Staffing, Inc. Through the business, he used stolen identities and credentials of real nurses to place unlicensed, untrained workers in long-term care facilities in Yakima, Bothell, Redmond, Shoreline, Vashon Island, North Bend, and elsewhere…