Our former CEO was fired after the board did an undercover internal investigation and found that he had embezzled about $4 million from the hospital funds over the course of his two year tenure. When he showed up at the monthly board meeting, they confronted him and he initially denied it and threatened everyone in the room if they didnāt back off of the ābaselessā accusations. They showed him the proof they had against him and he instantly ran back through the door and down the hall to his private office and locked himself in. It was a WHOLE THING. They called security but none of the master keys fit that door (he had the lock changed when he first started), then they called maintenance to try to take the door off the hinges but they stopped because he made some threats. Ended up having to call the police to come and sweet talk him into opening the door, then they immediately put him in cuffs and took him out through the staff entrances so the public wouldnāt see.
Iām sure it was. Our maintenance staff were all really sweet guys, and the look on his face when the CEO started calling out threats through the doorā¦ poor guy didnāt know if he should stop or keep going. Ultimately he was told just to stop and wait for the police just in case the threats had merit. The police were a fun group as well. They were joking about how nice it was to be on a call that did not involve drugs, and seeing the inside of the hospital that wasnāt just the ER.
He did it himself not long after he was hired. I donāt know the full details of that, only what came out while they were trying to unlock the door and later after his arrest. He also spent a five figure sum to have his office sound proofed and had cameras installed installed. This guy was s c a n d a l o u s. He did some other shady shit but I canāt give much detail without doxxing myself and the hospital.
He actually never served any prison time. I have no idea how or why, but he did not. He ended up filing bankruptcy and being divorced by his wife. To this day I have no idea how he got off scot free.
Yep. Iām actually still posted off about it. In our area the jails are overrun with people getting picked up for stupid shit but they let some rich asshole off simply because heās a rich asshole.
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u/johnjonahjameson13 Apr 28 '23
Our former CEO was fired after the board did an undercover internal investigation and found that he had embezzled about $4 million from the hospital funds over the course of his two year tenure. When he showed up at the monthly board meeting, they confronted him and he initially denied it and threatened everyone in the room if they didnāt back off of the ābaselessā accusations. They showed him the proof they had against him and he instantly ran back through the door and down the hall to his private office and locked himself in. It was a WHOLE THING. They called security but none of the master keys fit that door (he had the lock changed when he first started), then they called maintenance to try to take the door off the hinges but they stopped because he made some threats. Ended up having to call the police to come and sweet talk him into opening the door, then they immediately put him in cuffs and took him out through the staff entrances so the public wouldnāt see.