UPDATE: Roxanne Tubolino of Belchertown sentenced to serve 3 years and 3 months in federal prison, SPRINGFIELD: The former office manager of a medical practice in Northampton pleaded guilty in U.S. District Courtto embezzling $1.6 million from the group over five years, and shielding the lion’s share of the theft under purported supplies for cancer…
JANUARY 26, 2018 BUCKS COUNTY — An office manager who drove a Doylestown medical practice to the brink of financial ruin by stealing more than $415,000 over a six-year span was sentenced Thursday to serve one to three years in state prison. “You did it by essentially looting from your friends and colleagues,” Bucks County…
Feb 19, 2018 Elizabeth A. Palo, 49, was sentenced to five years in prison for felony theft from a business on Feb. 16. She must also pay back $310,000 to Kinnic Health and Rehab, a River Falls nursing home and care facility where she used to work as an office manager. Palo pleaded guilty to…
Source: Practice managers who steal: A cautionary tale for doctors | FierceHealthcare It’s easy for busy doctors to trust their practice managers to manage their books and run the business side of operations. But recent cases involving office managers who embezzled from practices show that trust can be misplaced. Doctors who don’t pay attention to office…
Feb 2018 HANFORD — A woman and man have both been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit embezzlement for allegedly fraudulently purchasing thousands of dollars’ worth of property from an office account, according to the Hanford Police Department. On Wednesday, Hanford Police detectives said they served search warrants in the 1200 block of Elm…
Video link here January through July 2017. Two women are charged, including the suspect who actually tipped off investigators to the case by filing an identity theft complaint. Investigators working that case discovered the alleged embezzlement instead. “Just horrible,” said Dr. Birjitender Singh of the past several months as the investigation has rocked his office….
MASON – An Okemos woman embezzled more than $150,000 from a medical practice after giving herself unapproved raises and writing checks to herself over a period of three years, police said. Sue Brownlee Jones, 59, faces two counts of embezzling between $50,000 and $99,000, and one count of embezzling between $1,000 and $19,999, court records…
November 30, 2017 LANSING – Patients at a pulmonary care practice in Lansing face increased wait times ever since an office manager embezzled nearly $800,000 from the business, said a partner at the firm. Speaking at a sentencing hearing for Ruthanne Finn, a 67-year-old Bath woman who pleaded guilty to the crime, Dr. David Young said his practice is having…
Purchased a Cadillac, breast augmentation and a flashy diamond ring.
November 5th, 2015 Police say over $80,000 was stolen and authorities have not recovered the funds. StartFragmentTwo former Crestwood Dental Clinic employees have been charged with fraud. The charges come after a lengthy investigation that began in 2014 after complaints were received from the Crestwood Dental Clinic. Police say over $80,000 was stolen and authorities have not recovered…