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Grimy Times Exclusive: New Jersey Woman Sentenced for Stealing Charity Medication
TRENTON, N.J. – A New Jersey woman was sentenced to 51 months in prison for her role in defrauding a charity program out of more than $7 million in donated HIV and cancer medication.
Keisha Jackson, 48, of Perth Amboy, N.J., was previously employed as a customer service representative at a corporation providing administrative support for the donated medicines program.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Jackson conspired with Lateefa McKenzie Body, 35, of Linden, N.J., and others who entered hundreds of fraudulent orders into the company’s system and had the medicines delivered to Jackson’s address and other addresses she controlled.
The medicines were then resold, and Jackson received payment for accepting the shipments. Jackson admitted she understood that the payments were coming from the sale of the stolen medications and that hundreds of shipments came to her home.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Mary L. Cooper sentenced Jackson to serve three years of supervised release.
McKenzie Body was convicted in August 2013, following a jury trial, of one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and nine counts of mail fraud. She awaits sentencing.
U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Aaron T. Ford, with the investigation.
The government is represented by Senior Litigation Counsel Andrew Leven and Unit Chief Jacob T. Elberg of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Health Care and Government Fraud Unit.
Defense counsel for Jackson is Pasquale Giannetta Esq., of Wayne, N.J.
Mandatory Facts:
- Defendant/Respondent: Keisha Jackson
- Criminal Charges: Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud
- City and State: Perth Amboy, New Jersey
- Exact Date: Not specified
- Sentence or Outcome: 51 months in prison, plus three years of supervised release
- Dollar Amount: $7 million
Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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