Why stealing from the PTA is a baaaad idea....

[Amina516]

I used to work with this registered nurse that despite never shuting the F**K up, wasn't that bad of an egg. Annoying and gossipy @ times, but i've seen worse. We were in the same surgical specialty, so lucky me got to work with her more than others had to.

Anywho, I just heard some shit about her that flooooored me.

She apparently was so broke (about 2006.. despite being a nurse and able to have access to massive amount of overtime@ that time) that she felt the need to steal money from her kids Parent Teacher Association where she was the Treasurer. THE PTA!! Over 10k in about 6 months.

Apparently, the PTA found out shortly afterwards and of course, called the cops. After an investigation, she admitted it all and long story short she plead guilty and they made her pay all the money back plus restitution. This took her 4 years. That brings us up to now. She was still working as a nurse in my old department. Somehow or another (not sure how this happened) the Penn. State Board of Nursing finds out about this...and revokes her nursing license!! I dont know if this sounds as severe to you guys as it actually is, but this is bad.

They said she performed a crime of moral turpitude and thereby did not deserve to be a nurse. So of course, she was fired from the hospital where she's worked where she was 19 years old. (Shes in her 30's now I believe)

She appealed and got it taken down to a 3 year suspension. So that means for the next 3 years she can not work in the nursing field at all. She is the only one that works in her family of 4.She was probably making over $30 an hour being that she was with the hospital for so long. To go from $30 an hour to less than half that with an entry level job @ a some other business type place maybe...if she can even find a job in this economy. IDK.

Her husband is unable to work d/t disability and on top of it all, she has 2 teenage kids that are probably mortified. I wouldnt want to be her after the 3 yrs is up and shes on the job search. Shes going to have to be on a probationary period and have that shit attached to her license and disclose it wherever she goes.

I dont know what shes going to do about bills, mortgage etc. Makes me sad she felt she had to resort to such drastic measures for some money instead of working.

*I googled her name and was able to find the court proceeding transcript and confirm all this....Oi Vey!

[BlaqueKatt]

Makes me sad she felt she had to resort to such drastic measures for some money instead of working.

that's when the cynic in me wonders if she took the money for a want or a need....

[wagegoth]

Doctors and nurses have killed people and not had their licenses revoked. As usual, money is much more important than human lives.

[HYHYBT]

...or at least, more easily proven.

[Geek King]

Doctors and nurses have killed people and not had their licenses revoked. As usual, money is much more important than human lives.

There is a reason why intent has a place in the law. I really doubt the deaths caused by those doctors and nurses were a concious decision*. Theft almost always is.


*Gross negligence is another matter altogether. But it generally gets punished if proven.

[Pagan]

Like certain "Angel of Death" nurses?

[taxguykarl]

that's when the cynic in me wonders if she took the money for a want or a need....

Me too. This goes to show that no amount of money is worth stealing.

[protege]

Some people, no matter what job they have...will steal for the hell of it. In fact, one of my elementary-school classmates is in jail right now for stealing. For years, he always thought he was "hot shit." He knew it all, was smarter than everyone else, etc. As such, most people tolerated him, but really couldn't stand him. Some, including myself, wanted to kick his ass.

But, karma has the ability to kick someone's ass much harder than I can. Seems my classmate, who was an attorney, decided to embezzle about $50,000 from one of his clients He got caught, when the client got an overdraft notice on their bank account, and apparently went to said bank to as From what I read, the idiot had forged some paperwork authorizing himself to the money, and did some "creative" accounting in an effort to hide it.

Long story short, he not only got heavily fined, had to pay back the money, got sued by his practice (as punishment for the theft, plus the damage to their reputation), lost his job, lost his law license...and is now in a dingy cell in the county prison for the next couple of years--seems it wasn't his first brush with the law either. His life will be totally fucked when he's released. He's going to have a hard time getting a job. And if he gets a job, it'll be a huge contrast to what he was used to. No more sports cars, no more fancy offices, etc. Karma really is a bitch

I really hope that throwing his career away was worth $50,000

[Lyse]

Sounds like the board felt that someone that steal 10K from the PTA wouldn't be above stealing drugs to sell for cash.

[elsporko]

A tiny high school near my home town had something to the tune of 20,000 embezzled by a secretary who also handled the finances. She ended up committing suicide when it was found out. This is a school that has graduating classes of less then 50 I think. To them that is a ton of money she took for no reason other then she wanted it.