COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A woman from Pottawattamie County was sentenced Tuesday to six-months in prison, for Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Misrepresentation, Fraud, Deception and Subterfuge. Officials say 39-year-old Jadelyn Marie Maher, of Council Bluffs, will also be required to serve one year of supervised release upon completion of her sentence. She must also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine. According to court documents, Maher pleaded guilty to the charge on November 4, 2021.

Maher was employed as a registered nurse at facilities where she falsified health care records and narcotics log sheets when she checked out narcotics/opioids for patients. Maher took the Hydrocodone and Oxycodone pills for her own use. Maher’s nursing license was forfeited by the Court.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Iowa Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigated the case. This case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Southern District of Iowa.