A Maryland woman who worked as a community support worker in Washington, D.C., has been indicted on 38 counts of fraud and theft for allegedly billing the District of Columbia's Medicaid program for services she never provided — claims that, prosecutors say, caused the D.C. Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) to pay out more than $109,000 for care that was never delivered. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced the indictment of Camille Aba, 32, on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia (DOJ)
The indictment charges Aba with 18 counts of first-degree felony fraud, 18 counts of first-degree theft, one count of first-degree misdemeanor fraud and one count of second-degree theft — 38 counts in all, filed under D.C. case number 2026 CF2 001478. Prosecutors stress that an indictment is an allegation, not a conviction: Aba is presumed innocent unless and until the government proves the charges beyond a reasonable doubt in court.
How the case surfaced: a bus shooting story and a changed case note
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the investigation did not begin with an audit of Aba's billing. It began with journalism. After the Washington Post published a story about a suspect who allegedly shot two people on a D.C. bus, DHCF officials looked into the records of the support worker assigned to that suspect. Aba had claimed that she provided services to the suspect days before the shooting — but, prosecutors say, she later changed her notes to claim that she did not speak with him.
That changed note opened the door to a wider review. Investigators found that Aba had not only failed to provide services to the suspected shooter, the U.S. Attorney's Office says, but had also failed to provide services to numerous other beneficiaries — while falsified claims for that work were submitted through Family Wellness Center and paid by DHCF. The government alleges she submitted falsified claims and altered case notes after the fact. Prosecutors have not accused Family Wellness Center itself of any wrongdoing.
What a community support worker does — and why a missed visit matters
Community support workers are often the most frequent human contact that a person living with serious mental illness has with the care system. As Medical Daily explains in its reporting on the case, they check on medications, help clients keep appointments and housing, and watch for early warning signs of a crisis — work aimed at helping low-income District residents with conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or severe depression stay stable in their homes and communities. A visit that is recorded but never made leaves a gap that families and clinicians may never see.
Source: Medical Daily
Every fact about Aba's own conduct in this report comes from the government's indictment announcement. She has not been convicted of anything, no trial date has been set, and prosecutors have not said how many beneficiaries were affected or whether any missed care caused harm.
Part of a wider D.C. Medicaid fraud crackdown
The Aba indictment is the latest in a run of D.C. Medicaid cases from Pirro's office. In September 2026, a District dentist was sentenced to 24 months in prison in a scheme to defraud D.C. Medicaid of $3.4 million, and in 2024 federal prosecutors charged a company owner and five community support workers in a separate alleged scheme to overbill D.C. Medicaid for mental health services. Nationally, the Justice Department says its Health Care Fraud Strike Force Program — nine strike forces across the country — has charged more than 6,200 defendants who collectively billed federal health care programs and private insurers more than $45 billion since 2007, and in April the Department created a National Fraud Enforcement Division focused on fraud against federal benefit programs.
What happens next
Aba's next court date is a felony status conference on December 16, 2026, where the case will be scheduled and early legal issues addressed; no trial date has been set. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Linda Monroe and was investigated by the D.C. Office of the Inspector General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit together with the Major Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney's Office; Interim Inspector General Matthew Wilcoxson joined the announcement. Anyone who suspects Medicaid fraud in the District can report it to the D.C. Inspector General's hotline at 202-724-8477.