WASHINGTON - Sola Olasoji-Malumi, a former employee of a District of Columbia care facility for persons with developmental disabilities, has been sentenced for criminal abuse of a resident of that facility, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor and District of Columbia Inspector General Charles J. Willoughby announced today.

Malumi, 53, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty of criminal abuse of a vulnerable adult and sentenced on January 12, 2009, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia before the Honorable Anthony Epstein. Judge Epstein sentenced the defendant to two years of supervised years of probation. The terms of probation include 60 days in prison, with all days suspended and anger management counseling. Malumi was also ordered to stay away from the victim, the care facility, to refrain from working with any vulnerable population, and to pay $250 towards the Victims of Violent Crime Compensation Fund.

According to testimony at trial, on July 7, 2008, the victim was a resident of a group home located in Northeast Washington, D.C., operated by Individual Development, Inc. On that day, the defendant was seen by one witness hitting the victim. The non-verbal victim communicated through motions, gestures, and vocalizations that the defendant twisted both her arm and mouth. Another witness observed injuries consistent with the allegation.

In announcing the conviction and sentence, U.S. Attorney Taylor and Inspector General Willoughby praised the work of Health Investigator Meghan Strickland of the District of Columbia Office of the Inspector General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU), for her investigation of the criminal abuse. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Willoughby also commended the work of Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie Carowan and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacqueline N. Schesnol of the MFCU, who jointly prosecuted the case.