Fouodzing Mbord, a 49-year-old Maryland resident, was sentenced in Superior Court for physically abusing a vulnerable adult under his care in November 2023. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Mbord pleaded guilty on August 29, 2025, to one count of abuse of a vulnerable adult – injure or threat to injure. Prosecutors requested that Mbord serve 180 days in jail. However, Superior Court Judge Errol Arthur suspended the entire sentence and placed Mbord on probation for one year.
Government evidence showed that Mbord worked as a home health aide for the victim, who required constant care due to an inability to care for himself. On November 19, 2023, Metropolitan Police responded to the victim’s apartment on I Street SE after receiving reports of abuse involving the bedridden victim. The victim’s sister told officers she had installed security cameras because she was concerned about her brother’s well-being.
Footage from November 12, 2023, revealed that Mbord struck the victim while cleaning him. When confronted by the victim’s sister about his actions, Mbord stated that he hit the victim because he passed gas in his face and threatened to repeat his actions if it continued. Additional footage from November 16 showed Mbord raising his hand and striking the naked victim.
Mbord was arrested on November 20, 2023.
Inspector General Daniel W. Lucas of the D.C. Office of the Inspector General joined U.S. Attorney Pirro in announcing the sentence.
“In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Pirro and Inspector General Lucas commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department, the DC OIG’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. They also acknowledged Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Emmanuela Charles, who prosecuted the case, while on detail from the DC-OIG.”
