GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Joe LeBlanc, Executive Director of the Village of Heather Hills in Grand Rapids, is accusing Michigan attorney and treasurer of the Michigan Democratic Party, Traci Kornak, of “inappropriate and unauthorized” invoicing for caregiving services of an elderly woman living at the nursing home.
This story was first brought to light by the Detroit News after talking with LeBlanc.
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LeBlanc was alerted to the problem when he received a check in the mail from State Farm for almost $24,000. When LeBlanc questioned Kornak about it, he said that she told him he would receive some modest compensation to cash the check.
LeBlanc sent the check back to the insurance company when Kornak’s actions concerned him. After feeling intimidated for months, LeBlanc is finally speaking out about the situation.
LeBlanc, who expressed concern about possible retaliation from the Whitmer administration, was initially hesitant to come forward about what was going on. LeBlanc said he believes that the Whitmer administration was covering up things during the pandemic and because of that he said he wasn’t confident in approaching the criminal justice system with Dana Nessel being the Attorney General.
LeBlanc has accused Kornak of using the nursing home’s tax ID number with State Farm, telling them she had a caregiver providing services to the elderly woman as an employee of the nursing home when LeBlanc says she wasn’t.
LeBlanc has documents to support his claims in which Kornak, who holds power of attorney for the brain-damaged resident of the nursing home, amassed approximately $50,000 over two years in her invoicing.
Even with all the money collected by Kornak, the room and board bill for the elderly woman that is owed to the Village of Heather Hills, is still thousands of dollars in the arrears says LeBlanc.
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This isn’t the first time Kornak has been involved in a financial controversy.
Kornak was listed as a responsible party with the Federal Election Commission when they fined the Democratic state central committee $19,000 in 2021 for the failure to itemize contributions.
According to the Michigan Radio website, an article in April of 2020 describes Kornak as a personal injury lawyer in Grand Rapids who has clients in a handful of assisted living facilities, both licensed and unlicensed.
During the shutdown of nursing homes during COVID-19, visits were limited, but because Kornak has power of attorney, she told Michigan Radio, “they can’t keep you out.”
Kornak is listed with the Michigan Bar Association as a current member in good standing.
Michigan News Source reached out to Kornak for a response on the accusations but she did not
respond to requests for comment.
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