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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — State Sen. Katrina Robinson has been charged along with two other women in a new case involving fraud at her Cordova nursing school, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Robinson, 40, faces federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering in the case, U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant said. Katie Ayers, 59, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The case against state senator Katrina Robinson continues. Robinson, accused of embezzling thousands from the Healthcare Institute, made another virtual court appearance Friday. Her defense says it will file five additional motions. Three will ask the court to dismiss the indictments against her. Another will be her property to be returned, specifically […]

A trial date has been set in the case against Tennessee state Senator Katrina Robinson of Memphis.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The case against Tennessee state Sen. Katrina Robinson is moving forward, as she appeared before a judge Tuesday to determine future court dates. Robinson was indicted on theft and fraud charges connected to her alleged misuse of federal grant money. Due to COVID-19 the hearing happened virtually but all the key players […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — State Sen. Katrina Robinson (D-Memphis) has pleaded not guilty as she faces federal charges of fraud and embezzlement involving government programs. A hearing was held Tuesday for Robinson’s case. She is accused of stealing more than $600,000 from The Healthcare Institute, a Cordova nursing academy she founded with federal grants, and using […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Amidst a federal probe into the nurse training school Sen. Katrina Robinson started, some former students are wondering if the grant money the senator allegedly spent on herself was really meant to help them. A person who says she was a former student at the Healthcare Institute contacted WREG after hearing about […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson, 39, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on 48 charges of theft and embezzlement involving government programs, and wire fraud. The indictment comes one day after a criminal complaint against her was unsealed. On Thursday, a federal grand jury in Memphis returned a 48-count indictment against […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — State Sen. Katrina Robinson has been federally charged with theft and embezzlement involving government programs, and wire fraud. Prosecutors with U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant’s office said that a vocational school Robinson founded, The Healthcare Institute, received more than $2.2 million in federal grants between 2015 and 2019. Robinson (D-Memphis) is accused of […]

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation were sent to the home of state Senator Katrina Robinson on Tuesday, the agency confirmed.

Many know Katrina Robinson as a Tennessee state senator from Memphis, but she’s also an intensive care nurse. For the past week she’s been on the front lines in a New York City hospital treating patients suffering from COVID-19.