Ex-Ala. Clinic CFO Agrees to Plead Guilty in Fraud Case

The former chief financial officer of two Alabama health centers will plead guilty to fraud, money laundering, and other charges arising from the suspected steering of millions of federal dollars from the nonprofits to private business connected with the clinics’ CEO, reports The Birmingham News. Terri McGuire Mollica, 48, of Birmingham, also agreed to provide information about others involved in the alleged diversion and to relinquish nearly $940,000 seized from her accounts last year by the government, according to court documents.

Ms. Mollica was indicted in November as part of an investigation into Birmingham Health Care and a Tuskegee clinic, Central Alabama Comprehensive Health, which provided care to the poor and homeless. Prosecutors said she facilitated property transactions that illegally transferred money or assets to businesses controlled by the clinics’ former chief executive officer, Jonathan Dunning. Mr. Dunning was charged in February; he pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to stand trial in June.