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$550,000 Medical Practice Heist Lands Anchorage Woman in Hot Water
Anchorage, AK – In a brazen scheme that’s left a medical practice reeling, 53-year-old Jill Diane Applebury, aka Jill Wetzsteon, and her husband Darin Wade Applebury, 53, have been slapped with 67 counts of bank fraud, wire fraud, fraudulent transactions with an access device, and aggravated identity theft.
The superseding indictment, which includes an additional 14 counts of bank fraud against Jill Applebury, alleges that the couple defrauded the medical practice of at least $550,000 between 2004 and March 22, 2013.
According to the indictment, Jill Applebury, who was the independent contractor bookkeeper for the medical practice from the mid-1990s until March 2013, executed unauthorized and fraudulent transactions from the medical practice’s business bank account to the IRS. The practice paid her IRS individual income tax without any reduction in her nonemployee compensation without the knowledge or consent of the medical practice.
The scheme, which ran from May 2008 to January 2010, saw Jill Applebury use the medical practice’s funds to pay her independent contractor Federal Income Tax Withholding on her nonemployee compensation without authority.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Anchorage Police Department (APD) conducted the investigation leading to the charges in this case.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Retta-Rae Randall and Andrea W. Hattan.
An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Key Facts
- State: Alaska
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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