PROVIDENCE – The former office manager for a Pawtucket dermatologist’s office and her son are facing federal charges following a joint federal and state law enforcement embezzlement, fraud, and health care fraud investigation, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
It is alleged in charging documents that Tianna Keller, 66, of South Easton, MA, used her position as office manager, her authority to sign office documents, and her position as benefits manager to orchestrate schemes to enrich herself, her son, and a friend.
According to court documents, Keller allegedly defrauded the practice of approximately $490,000. She allegedly did this by giving herself unauthorized salary increases totaling approximately $185,061; adding family members and a friend to the payroll and providing them with unauthorized gross wages totaling approximately $46,703; failing to deposit nearly $108,000 in patient cash payments; issuing dozens of checks payable to herself and others, signing the name of the medical practice’s owner without his permission; and using company funds and credit cards as payment for her rent, a daughter’s tuition, restaurant, grocery, retail and other personal and travel expenses; and personal services.
Additionally, it is alleged that Keller authorized continued enrollment and payment for family medical insurance coverage for her son, Brandyn Coffman, 30, of New Braunfels, TX, and his family, even after his self-termination as a data clerk at the medical...
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