NY woman admits stealing from cystic fibrosis fund
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- An Albany-area woman has admitted stealing more than $62,000 from a state fund for cystic fibrosis patients.
Erin Sherman-Rohl was arrested in January following a state investigation into the 34-year-old West Sand Lake woman's work processing claims at a nonprofit affiliated with the state health department.
The state Inspector General's office says that with the help of an accomplice, Sherman-Rohl stole more than 10 percent of the annual budget for the state's Adult Cystic Fibrosis Assistance Program. She listed the accomplice as a medical care recipient to fraudulently reimburse him through more than a dozen payments from May 2007 through August 2008. The two cashed the checks and split the proceeds.
Sherman-Rohl pleaded guilty Thursday to grand larceny.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- An Albany-area woman has admitted stealing more than $62,000 from a state fund for cystic fibrosis patients.
Erin Sherman-Rohl was arrested in January following a state investigation into the 34-year-old West Sand Lake woman's work processing claims at a nonprofit affiliated with the state health department.
The state Inspector General's office says that with the help of an accomplice, Sherman-Rohl stole more than 10 percent of the annual budget for the state's Adult Cystic Fibrosis Assistance Program. She listed the accomplice as a medical care recipient to fraudulently reimburse him through more than a dozen payments from May 2007 through August 2008. The two cashed the checks and split the proceeds.
Sherman-Rohl pleaded guilty Thursday to grand larceny.
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