Omaha woman pleads guilty to defrauding Children's Hospital of $4.6M
A 49-year-old Omaha woman has pleaded guilty to committing a wire fraud that took more than $4.6 million from Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha in a complicated scheme where she submitted invoices for Broxcilam, a drug she made up.
Lisa Kwapniowski could get up to 20 years in federal prison at her sentencing April 29.
She also will be ordered to pay $4,622,234 in restitution and has agreed to forfeit her interest in a home she owns in Omaha.
In a news release Monday, U.S. Attorney Joe Kelly said that from 2010-18, Kwapniowski, the former director of pharmacy services for Children’s Hospital, submitted fraudulent invoices from legitimate pharmaceutical suppliers and from a company she created.
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