Boston Nursing Facility Sues Former Director, Accusing Him Of Mishandling More Than $3 Million

CBS Boston

March 7, 2025

A civil lawsuit has been filed against the former director of the Benjamin Healthcare Center in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood for allegedly siphoning funds from the facility for his own gain. Two other former employees have also been named in the suit.

The skilled nursing facility has faced an ongoing battle to remain open, when the former director Tony Francis abruptly announced it would close last year. Employees then sounded the alarm about alleged financial mismanagement of more than $3 million, some of it state and federal money, that Francis allegedly pocketed for personal items including travel, clothing, spa services and food.

Mitish Mahulkar has been working as an occupational therapist at the facility for 12 years and said he often went weeks without a paycheck.

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