A former bookkeeper for a Birmingham nursing home has been indicted for the theft of more than $4,000 in patient trust fund money, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange announced Thursday.

Gwendolyn Michelle Lacy, 38, of Birmingham was arrested Monday based on a four-count indictment issued in March, according to the statement. She was released from the Jefferson County Jail on $40,000 bond.

Lacy, who worked for East Glen Nursing Home in Birmingham, is charged with one count of first-degree theft of property and three counts of computer tampering.

The indictment alleges Lacy stole $4,068 from the nursing home's patient trust fund and manipulated the electronic files of three nursing home residents to hide the theft. As bookkeeper Lacy had access to each of the nursing home residents' "face sheet", an electronic profile listing points of contact and other personal information, according to the attorney general's statement.

It is alleged that Lacy accessed the face sheets of three residents and added the names of her associates as family members of the residents, according to the statement. She then wrote checks to these individuals from East Glen's resident trust account, which were subsequently cashed. In total nine checks were written for a total of $4,068, according to the statement.

The other individuals involved have been charged, however, no other information can be released at this time, according to the statement.

The Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigated the case.