An employee of a Miami dialysis center, KidneySPA, has been nabbed for allegedly embezzling over $122,000 from her workplace. The suspect, identified as the center's financial controller, was taken into custody Tuesday after her scheme involving fake invoices unraveled, authorities claim, based on reports by Local 10 News and NBC Miami.
Following her employment in August 2023, the duties of the accused, whose name is Orozco, consisted of managing financial reports and transactions, and overseeing the accounting operations, including accounts payable and receivable, less than two months into her role, she reportedly began siphoning funds from the business; the red flags were raised over a suspicious $6,583 invoice to a dialysis supply company, NBC Miami reports that the center typically receives varying invoices from a vendor which must be approved by Kidney Spa's CFO, however, this particular invoice was not prepared by the usual employee, sparking immediate concern from the financial executives.
Investigations led to the discovery that this invoice was in fact directed to Orozco's bank account instead of the legitimate supplier Fresenius Medical Care, as noted in the arrest report obtained by Local 10 News. The employee stands accused of using forged documentation to divert a total sum of $122,288 into her personal account. The alleged fraudulent activity was detected by KidneySPA's vigilant chief financial officer, who stumbled upon the discrepancy earlier this week.
Upon arrest, the Ecuadorian national faces multiple charges including grand theft and an organized scheme to defraud, covering 27 counts of making false entries in the books of a business entity, Local 10 News adds; she presently remains behind bars with a bond set at $67,500. While police say that they redacted an alleged confession from Orozco in the arrest report, the legal implications of her actions could be severe and lasting for the individual involved.
