White Noise

“Also after our incident, we started reading a lot. If you have not been a victim of embezzlement, it's just white noise. But once you start paying attention, it's clearly an epidemic.”  That quote came from a victim of a pink collar criminal who stole over $200k+ from their medical practice.  Getting to hear real stories from the victims is part of my job.  It’s the part that is the hardest but also very rewarding.  Listening to this doctor’s story is like a record with a scratch: she was my friend, we socialized together, she handled everything, she was a long time trusted employee.  I hear these stories each time I go to investigate. I am trying to get the word out about these long time trusted employees who steal victim’s innocence and joy from their work.  This victim has been devastated by the theft.  Paying back taxes, reconstructing the books, and of course trying to rebuild trust with your employees and clients.  And it continues.  It continues because many of these women live in the victim’s community.  This victim sees their former employee at the grocery store.  She is not in jail.  She is actually working for a new medical practice. Justice is slow.  But luckily this victim is also trying to get the word out about medical embezzlement.  It can happen to you and then it won’t be “white noise.”