Police investigate theft of money at K.H.M.H.

Police are investigating a brazen scam perpetrated on the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital by one or more of its employees. Sources indicate to News Five that the racket, which was uncovered around three months ago, involved the diversion of Social Security cheques from the account of the K.H.M.H. into the personal custody of a clerk in the hospital’s Human Resources Department. Like many businesses, the K.H.M.H. uses a system whereby an employee who misses work due to illness still receives a full salary. Social Security, having been preauthorised by a form signed by the employee, directly reimburses the hospital the amount of the employee’s permissible claim. What apparently went wrong in this case was that the unscrupulous clerk would remove the authorisation form and have Social Security issue the cheque directly in the name of the employee. The clerk would then forge an authorised letter in the name of different co-conspirators to allow them to collect and eventually cash the cheques. When we spoke to K.H.M.H. C.E.O. Dr. Alvaro Rosado, he told us that police, with the co-operation of Social Security, were investigating the case and have gathered a significant body of evidence. The employee suspected of masterminding the scam has been fired and is expected to eventually be charged with multiple criminal counts. It is not clear how much money was involved and investigators are looking to see who, if anyone, at the K.H.M.H. or Social Security, may have helped facilitate the theft.