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WEYMOUTH MAN SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM BOSTON AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
BOSTON, MA - A Weymouth man was sentenced today in federal court in connection with stealing approximately $130,000 from a federally supported clinic.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan, Susan J. Waddell, Special Agent in Charge of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General and Police Commissioner Edward Davis of the Boston Police Department, announced today that ANDREW R. MA, age 33, of Weymouth, Massachusetts was sentenced by the Honorable George A. O’Toole, Jr. to 24 months imprisonment to be followed by a three years supervised release.
From August 29, 2005 through on or about August 17, 2007, MA embezzled no less then $130,202.79 from the Dimock Community Health Center (“Dimock”) in Boston where he worked as the senior accountant. Dimock is a not-for-profit community health center that provides general social services to the Dorchester and Roxbury communities, among others. MA embezzled the money from Dimock by (1) stealing cash from the Dimock cashier’s office; (2) using the Dimock debit card to make cash withdrawals, including withdrawals at area casinos; and (3) using Dimock’s debit card to purchase items for his own personal use, including electronics and jewelry. To conceal his fraud, MA altered Dimock’s daily bank account statements and created fictitious or inaccurate entries on various accounting reports.
The case was investigated by Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General and the Boston Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney James P. Dowden and Assistant U.S. Attorney Vassili Thomadakis of Sullivan’s Economic Crimes Unit.
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