Doctors, chumps yet again.

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A woman stole $2.3 million (1.2 million pounds) from her employers and spent the money on lottery tickets, buying as much as $6,000 worth of tickets a day in a bid to hit the jackpot, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Annie Donnelly, 38, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing the money over 3 1/2 years from her employer, Great South Bay Surgical Associates, where she was a bookkeeper.

Great Assoc. press article today. Yet another reason why medicine isnt paying off these days.

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[Winged Scapula]

Great Assoc. press article today. Yet another reason why medicine isnt paying off these days.

So...did she win the lottery?

Anyway, no one ever said surgeons were good bookkeepers. But they SHOULD know how to hire one, or find someone who does.

 

[xanthines]

They should also know to have an outside, independent audit of their books every once in awhile too!

-X

So...did she win the lottery?

Anyway, no one ever said surgeons were good bookkeepers. But they SHOULD know how to hire one, or find someone who does.

 

[Annette]

Maybe they wanted to "save" the money of an external audit. Randomly checking the deposits against the receipts would help as well.

Penny-wise, pound-foolish.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Goes to show you how stupid people can be ...you can spend $2.3 million, not win the lottery, have nothing to show for it when you could have just kept the $2.3 million - a sure thing (along with jail time).