Home Health & Hospice Week

Former HHA Secretary Pleads Guilty To Embezzling

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer -- but sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. A former secretary for Cornerstone Home Health in Tulsa, Okla., pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $200,000 from the HHA, reports the Tahlequah Daily Press. Ronda Crow was ordered to pay $221,741.70 in restitution to Cornerstone in district court. Crow agreed to pay $20,000 up front and $500 per month until 2015. Cornerstone is pursuing a civil suit against Crow for damages, the newspaper says.
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