Local prosecutors have turned over more than three thousand pages and eight gigabytes worth of video to defense attorneys in the cases against former V.I. Human Services Department employees and others charged with defrauding Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
DHS Medicaid Assistance Program employees Doenyka Lewis, Shanoya Hendrickson, Shantenysha Victor and Kenera Sheneal Frederick and SNAP employees Clarissa Nunez and Lisa Minelli Montanez were arrested in January, along with Hendrickson’s mother, Karen Blyden; Nunez’s mother, Carmen Saldana-Nunez; Montanez’s partner, Shane Gaston; Frederick’s mother, Sharon Olivia Henry; and Akim Davis.
The defendants have been accused of fudging eligibility requirements for federal assistance programs, leading to more than $300,000 in unlawful payouts. All 11 defendants pleaded not guilty during their arraignments more than three months ago.
During a discovery conference Wednesday morning in V.I. Superior Court on St. Croix, attorneys for the defendants told Judge Ernest Morris Jr. that they had received or were about to receive the discovery materials. Morris set the next discovery conference for June 17.
