7 News Miami reported:
- The former chief operating officer of the Jackson Health Foundation has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $4 million from the nonprofit over the course of a decade, federal prosecutors said.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Charmaine Gatlin, 52, admitted on Sept. 11 to defrauding the Foundation, the fundraising arm of Jackson Health System, by submitting false invoices, steering funds to herself and relatives, and accepting kickbacks from vendors.
The scheme ran from 2014 to 2024, during which Gatlin earned a salary between $185,000 and $290,000, prosecutors said.
- The former chief operating officer of the Jackson Health Foundation has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $4 million from the nonprofit over the course of a decade, federal prosecutors said.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Charmaine Gatlin, 52, admitted on Sept. 11 to defrauding the Foundation, the fundraising arm of Jackson Health System, by submitting false invoices, steering funds to herself and relatives, and accepting kickbacks from vendors.
The scheme ran from 2014 to 2024, during which Gatlin earned a salary between $185,000 and $290,000, prosecutors said.
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Takeway: While the article does not indicate how she was caught, add compensating internal controls to prevent internal fraudsters from creating fake vendors.
Enroll in Training Sessions: Last Thursday of Every Month is Training on Frauds and New Scam Alerts and How to Combat