TULSA, Okla. — A Broken Arrow woman was sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding over $8 million from OSU Medical Center while she was employed there.
62-year-old Leslie Ann Ameen was working as a Telecommunications Specialist at the medical center when she committed large-scale wire fraud.
The United States Department of Justice said she arranged to purchase tablets, laptops, and phones from Techsico Enterprises Solutions, LLC, a telecommunications support service.
After getting funding from OSUMC, the devices were purchased, and she resold them to fund a gambling addiction. The DOJ said she forged the signature of her supervisor on 2,200 invoices sent by TES and falsely represented the use of the devices.
“Ameen brazenly defrauded a state-funded institution without regard for the impact it might have on the medical needs of the community it serves and its related educational mission,” said U.S. Attorney Clinton Johnson. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office together with our law enforcement partners will continue to hold fraudsters and embezzlers accountable for their criminal conduct.”
She's been ordered to pay $8 million in restitution and will also have three years of supervised release following her sentence.
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