Men From Blaine, Minneapolis Found Guilty of Embezzlement

MINNEAPOLIS (WJON Information) — Two Minnesota males have been discovered responsible of embezzling funds from Park Nicollet Well being Companies.

The U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace says 59-year-old Gregory Koch of Minneapolis and 58-year-old Jerome Kangas of Blaine have been discovered responsible of taking a whole bunch of thousand {dollars} from their employer over the course of 5 years.

Court docket data present beginning in 2013 Kangas and Koch labored collectively as a clinician and a supervisor on the Park Nicollet CPAP clinic. Based on the paperwork, from then till 2018 when Koch was laid off as a result of switch of possession of the clinic to HealthPartners, the lads labored collectively to defraud the corporate.

Information present Koch gave Kangas credit score for over 8,500 weekday hours even supposing he solely labored on the clinic on weekends and through after hours. Based on courtroom data, Kangas was both out of city or working for an additional employer throughout these hours. Proof reveals Koch logged onto the work community with Kangas’ pc and likewise helped him change his password to cowl up the scheme.

The paperwork additionally present over the course of 12-days in August 2017, Kangas made six withdrawals between $5,000 and $5,500 from 4 Wells Fargo branches totaling $30,500. A number of days later, Koch made a deposit of $29,300 in his private account.

The boys have been convicted of costs of mail fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and forex transaction structuring. Every cost comes with a possible sentence of 5 years. They are going to be sentenced at a later date.