LAFAYETTE, LA. (KLFY) — Lafayette woman arrested by the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) following an incident involving a forged letter which tried to secure funds from a federal grant program, officials said.
LBI agents arrested Rachel Willis, 48, of Lafayette and charged her with one count of forgery, officials said.
The investigation began after Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) officials received notification that an employee of Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Hospital in Lafayette had allegedly submitted a forged letter in an attempt to help secure funds from a federal grant program, administered by LDH, known as the H.E.R.O. Fund. The Health Care Employment Reinvestment Opportunity (H.E.R.O.) Fund is a grant program established by the Louisiana Department of Health to support healthcare training and education programs.Later on it was learned Willis, while employed as a Patient Access Representative at Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) in Lafayette and a member hospital of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS), allegedly created and transmitted a forged letter purporting to be from the Chief Executive Officer of FMOLHS.
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