A federal grand jury this week indicted Megan Tillery, a former employee for the Community Action Partnership (CAP) of Huntsville and Limestone Counties, for misusing over $15,000 in federal funds, according to court records.

Throughout 2022 and 2023, the indictment alleges that two unnamed individuals who reside in Madison County bribed Tillery to use over $15,000 in funds allocated to CAP for the state’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to cover utility bills for themselves and others.

This federally funded program provides assistance to eligible households to pay their utility bills and expenses, according to the state website.

CAP is responsible for dispersing the funds.

Although the two individuals did not qualify for the program, they bribed Tillery through CashApp to use LIHEAP funds to cover their bills.

Between 2022 and 2023, the two individuals sent Tillery nearly $2,000, according to records included in the indictment.

Yashika Ray, Tillery’s direct supervisor at CAP, said Tillery stopped showing up to work two years ago when investigators first started looking into the case.

“Any time that anything is done against the citizens of our community it is unfortunate,” Ray told WAFF.

In 2018, three years before she was hired at CAP, Tillery was arrested for stealing her elderly patient’s checks and cashing them after their death, according to court records.

Ray told WAFF it didn’t show up in her background check.