Home Healthcare Worker Charged with Unlicensed Practice of Medicine, Identity Theft

On October 16, 2026, Shonda Natasha Davis, 45, of Roseville, Michigan, was arraigned in the 41A District Court in Sterling Heights on one count of Identity Theft, a 5-year felony, and one count of Unauthorized Practice of a Health Profession, a 4-year felony. The charges were brought by the Michigan Attorney General's Health Care Fraud Division, which serves as the federally certified Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for Michigan. The complaint alleges that Davis, who is not a Licensed Practical Nurse, used the LPN license number of another individual to apply for and obtain employment at Maxim Healthcare in Flint, a home healthcare services company. Davis obtained that employment in August 2024 and performed work in an LPN role until April 2025. During that period, the complaint alleges Davis provided health services to Medicaid beneficiary patients without holding any license to do so. Parents of patients and supervising employees reported Davis's provision of services as clearly deficient. Davis is scheduled for a probable cause conference on October 26, 2026, with a preliminary examination set for November 2, 2026. The Michigan Attorney General's Health Care Fraud Division is handling the prosecution, funded 75% by HHS under a grant totaling $5,806,644.00 for fiscal year 2027, with the remaining 25%, totaling $1,935,547.80, funded by the State of Michigan.