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.

 

[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).