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Receptionist Charged With EmbezzlementPOSTED: December 24, 2007
Advertisement GLEN DALE =E2=80=94 Glen Dale police are investigating claims =
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employee of Dr. Charles Wylie embezzled money from his practice whil=
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working as a receptionist.According to Lt. Ed Vogler, Cynthi= a=20 Hartley, 37, of Moundsville was arrested last week after Wylie told = police=20 he noticed =E2=80=9Csuspicious activity=E2=80=9D on some of his pati= ents=E2=80=99=20 accounts. Vogler said Wylie first alerted officers to the sit= uation=20 on Nov. 15 after a computer specialist noticed numerous irregulariti= es in=20 patients=E2=80=99 payment accounts and that he discovered many bank = deposits were=20 coming up short. He said he then added a password requirement to the= =20 computers for anyone wishing to change account information, and the = money=20 shortages were reduced but not stopped. Police interviewed se= veral=20 patients Vogler said complained of receiving bills from the practice= after=20 they had made the payments to Hartley. One told officers Har= tley=20 took her into the back of the office to collect a $400 payment, but = the=20 records at the time reflect only $200 was received =E2=80=94 $150 in= cash and a=20 $50 check. Vogler said the record was later changed to reflect a $25= 0=20 check payment. The same patient told police that on another occasion= she=20 paid a $600 bill to Hartley =E2=80=94 a $500 check and $100 in cash = =E2=80=94 but,=20 according to Vogler, only the check was recorded in the office compu= ter.=20 That patient also said Hartley advised her she could not have a cert= ain=20 dental procedure done until she paid $2,000; she then allegedly told= the=20 patient she could make payments toward the work and Hartley would ke= ep=20 that a secret from the doctor. On another occasion, a patient= =20 claimed she gave $4,000 in cash and $2,802 in a credit card payment = to=20 another receptionist while Hartley witnessed the transaction. That p= atient=20 said the other receptionist did give her a receipt for the full paym= ent,=20 and the cash was put in the cash box. Vogler said when the reception= ist=20 counted down the box later that day, she noticed $1,000 in cash miss= ing=20 and told Hartley about it. The receptionist claimed Hartley instruct= ed her=20 to change the $4,000 payment to $3,000 in the system, adding that sh= e=20 (Hartley) would =E2=80=9Ctake care of it later.=E2=80=9D The recepti= onist also said=20 Hartley advised her to keep this between them. Hartley has be= en=20 charged with felony embezzlement and is free on $2,500 bond. If foun= d=20 guilty, Hartley could spend 10 years in prison.=20 Member Comments
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