Lyneth Nyabiosi, Mail Fraud, Maryland 2023

Baltimore, Maryland – In a shocking case of corporate deceit, Lyneth Nyabiosi, 50, and her husband, Willie Evans III, a/k/a “James Davies” and “James Davis,” 53, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail fraud in a scheme to falsely bill Nyabiosi’s employer, Sheppard Pratt Health Systems, for approximately $2.5 million for work purportedly performed by a company that the defendants secretly controlled.

The scheme, which lasted from 2007 to 2014, involved the defendants submitting over 180 false invoices requesting that Sheppard Pratt pay IMST, a company controlled by Nyabiosi and her husband, for work which was never performed, or for excessively inflated amounts for the work that was actually performed.

Nyabiosi personally approved all of the false invoices, causing Sheppard Pratt to mail checks to IMST totaling $2,742,791. The defendants deposited the money in their bank account for their personal use.

The guilty pleas were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent in Charge Kevin Perkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Sheppard Pratt Health System is a private, non-profit health system in Maryland which offers mental health, substance use and special education services. The company’s main campus is located in Towson, Maryland.

The defendants have agreed to the entry of an order to forfeit and pay restitution of $2,742,791, and to forfeit two residences located in Bear and Newark, Delaware and three vehicles.

The defendants face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for conspiring to commit mail fraud. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar has scheduled sentencing for [date].

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