Dept. of Justice Says it Has No Record of Case Involving Former Employee Who Was Fired From JFL For Allegedly Providing Fraudulent CMA Credentials

The V.I. Dept. of Justice on Monday responded to a Consortium query concerning Pashanique Brown, a woman who was allegedly fired by the Juan F. Luis Hospital earlier this year for providing fraudulent certified medical assistant (CMA) certification documents that led to her hiring by the hospital, where she worked for two years. The Consortium sought to learn whether hospital officials had forwarded the criminal activity to the Dept. of Justice following Interim CEO Dyma Williams's comment Sunday that she did not know whether such action had taken place.  Ms. Brown was hired as a CMA by Terry Lynch — family to Ms. Brown — who leads Human Resources at the hospital. Still unknown is why a background check was not conducted before the employment was given.  The information about the deceitful employment was provided to the Consortium by a whistleblower employed at the hospital who has intimate knowledge of the operations and dealings of the medical facility. This person requested anonym...