Teresa Lewis, a 60-year-old resident of South Point, Ohio, has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for defrauding the Huntington Retina Center in West Virginia, where she worked as a billing assistant. United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced the sentencing yesterday.
According to the investigation, Lewis used her position to gain access to credit cards in the name of the Center and one of its doctors between 2012 and 2014. She then used these cards to make more than $52,000 in unauthorized personal purchases.
The Huntington Retina Center, which provides medical care for vision disorders, eye injuries, and eye diseases, was the victim of Lewis’s scheme. As part of her sentence, Lewis must repay $52,317 to the Center.
The case was prosecuted as part of U.S. Attorney Goodwin’s effort to combat employee theft from West Virginia small businesses. The United States Postal Inspection Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Huntington Police Department conducted the investigation.
Assistant United States Attorney Erik S. Goes handled the prosecution. The sentence was imposed by Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers.
The exact nature of Lewis’s crimes was two felony counts of access device fraud. Her crimes were committed between 2012 and 2014, and she was sentenced yesterday.
The total amount of money that Lewis stole from the Huntington Retina Center is $52,317.
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Key Facts
- State: West Virginia
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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