ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CHARGES INDIANA WOMAN WITH CRIMINAL NEGLECT IN DEATH OF CHICAGO PATIENT IN HER CARE

ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CHARGES INDIANA WOMAN WITH CRIMINAL NEGLECT IN DEATH OF CHICAGO PATIENT IN HER CARE

January 09, 2026

Raoul's Office Previously Charged Woman with Fraud and Theft in the Case

Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced his office charged a Gary, Indiana woman whose alleged neglect of an older person resulted in the patient's death in her care. At the time, the defendant was assigned to provide in-home caregiving services through the Department on Aging's Waiver Program through Molina Healthcare, an Illinois Managed Care Plan.

The Attorney General's office charged Mona Marks, 54, with four counts of criminal neglect of an elderly person, Class 2 felonies punishable by up to seven years in prison; and four counts of criminal neglect of an elderly person, Class 3 felonies punishable by up to five years in prison.

Raoul's office also charged Marks in September 2025 with defrauding Medicaid and two counts of theft, all Class 2 felonies punishable by up to seven years in prison. Raoul's office alleges Marks billed for home services she did not provide to the same patient. That case remains pending. Prison sentences are ultimately determined by the court.

Marks' next court date for all charges is March 9 in Cook County.

"Patients and their families place their trust in those who provide care in a patient's home. For any in-home caregiver to take advantage of our most vulnerable residents and a valuable program end-of-life care is hearth wrenching," Raoul said. "I am committed to protecting older Illinoisans by holding accountable those who use their positions as caregivers to abuse or neglect their patients and defraud the people of Illinois."

According to Attorney General Raoul's office, from December 2021 to December 2022, Marks was assigned to provide caregiving services to an 85-year-old woman in the patient's Chicago home. Home caregivers help patients remain in their homes and provide assistance with an array of tasks like helping them eat, changing patients' clothes and bedding, bathing or taking medicine.

Raoul's office alleges on Nov. 21, 2022 the patient was taken to an Evergreen Park, Illinois hospital in an emaciated state due to improper nutrition, and received treatment for numerous skin problems - including a serious gangrene sacral ulcer - due to a lack of hygiene care. The patient died Dec. 13, 2022 as a result of a bone infection and sacral wound.

The Attorney General's office is prosecuting this case following an investigation by Raoul's Medicaid Fraud Bureau, which uncovered the neglect while investigating Marks for alleged fraud.

The public is reminded that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

In 2023, the Attorney General's office assumed responsibility for the state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU). The MFCU handles complex actions, rooting out fraud and recovering taxpayer dollars that have been fraudulently taken from Illinois' Medicaid program. Raoul's MFCU receives 75% of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $12,584,776 for the federal government's 2026 fiscal year. The remaining 25%, totaling $4,194,923 for the federal government's 2025 fiscal year, is funded by the state of Illinois.

Assistant Attorney General Daniel Duffy with Raoul's Medicaid Fraud Bureau is prosecuting this case.