Ala. Charity’s Ex-CFO Gets 17 Years in $11 Million Fraud

The former chief financial officer of an Alabama clinic network was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years in prison for her role in steering $11 million from the charity to its CEO, reports The Birmingham News. Terri McGuire Mollica, 50, was also ordered to forfeit nearly $2 million she received in connection with the scheme and to pay more than $500,000 in back taxes.

Ms. Mollica pleaded guilty last year to fraud, money laundering, and other charges related to the diversion of money from community health centers in Birmingham and Tuskegee to companies owned by Jonathan Dunning, chief executive of the clinics. Mr. Dunning was convicted by federal jury in June and is due to be sentenced in October. Ms. Mollica is already serving a 28-month sentence for sending packages containing drugs to figures in the fraud investigation in what authorities said was an attempt at witness intimidation.