A Lafayette woman was arrested by Attorney General investigators and booked with forgery.

The investigation started with a call from the Louisiana Department of Health; officials there said they got a call from Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette. OLOL officials said a letter used in an application for a grant from the HERO Fund had a forged signature on it.

That program is used to support healthcare training and education programs.

The allegation is that Rachel Willis, 48, was working at the hospital when she allegedly put the signature of an OLOL official on the letter. The letter committed OLOL to provide $250,000 in matching funds for a HERO application that would have generated about $600,000 for a college in Lafayette, an AG release states.

State investigator

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