South New Berlin man steals nearly $40,000 from Valley Ridge CIT; sentenced in court
NORWICH – This past Monday, March 1, Chenango County Court convened to hear the case of Timothy B. Green, 27, of South New Berlin.
Green had previously been an employee as a substitute direct care worker at the Valley Ridge Center for Intensive Treatment in Norwich, starting back in November 2013.
As a substitute, Green worked on an as needed or on call basis to cover shifts left vacant by regular staff and would submit payment vouchers, which required a supervisor’s signature verifying hours worked, to the payroll offices in Binghamton.
According to a press release from Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott's Office, the investigation into Green determined that he “worked no shifts subsequent to January 2015, but he continued to submit 36 fraudulent vouchers as if he had worked shifts through September 2015. Those vouchers, with forged signatures from his supervisor, resulted in his being paid $39,096.72 for shifts never worked. After his submitted vouchers were called into question last fall (2015), and the Inspector General began to investigate, payments to Green were stopped. Nonetheless, Green repeatedly called the payroll offices to inquire into the status of payments he had not yet received.”
In Chenango County Court and before Judge Frank B. Revor Jr., Green entered a plea of guilty to grand larceny in the third degree, a felony.
Green was sentenced to serve six months in the Chenango County Corrctional Facility followed by five years under probation supervision. Green will also be required to pay a restitution amount of the full amount of $39,096.72 for the hours he billed New York State but never actually worked.
Chenango County District Attorney Joseph A. McBride was present in court on behalf of the people.
“This is a very serious crime, the defendant is not going to state prison only because he doesn’t have a criminal record and he has an obligation to pay back the full restitution amount. If he fails to pay he could do up to two and third to seven years in state prison,” said McBride.
In the press release The Inspector General, Leahy Scott, thanked the New York State Police for assisting in the arrest and thanked Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride and his office for prosecuting the criminal case.
“This defendant perpetuated this fraud for nearly a year and had the audacity to repeatedly call agency officials demanding payment for work he never performed,” said Inspector General Leahy Scott. “I will use the resources of my offices to relentlessly pursue State workers and contractors who violate the public’s trust and steal from taxpayers.”
Green had previously been an employee as a substitute direct care worker at the Valley Ridge Center for Intensive Treatment in Norwich, starting back in November 2013.
As a substitute, Green worked on an as needed or on call basis to cover shifts left vacant by regular staff and would submit payment vouchers, which required a supervisor’s signature verifying hours worked, to the payroll offices in Binghamton.
According to a press release from Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott's Office, the investigation into Green determined that he “worked no shifts subsequent to January 2015, but he continued to submit 36 fraudulent vouchers as if he had worked shifts through September 2015. Those vouchers, with forged signatures from his supervisor, resulted in his being paid $39,096.72 for shifts never worked. After his submitted vouchers were called into question last fall (2015), and the Inspector General began to investigate, payments to Green were stopped. Nonetheless, Green repeatedly called the payroll offices to inquire into the status of payments he had not yet received.”
In Chenango County Court and before Judge Frank B. Revor Jr., Green entered a plea of guilty to grand larceny in the third degree, a felony.
Green was sentenced to serve six months in the Chenango County Corrctional Facility followed by five years under probation supervision. Green will also be required to pay a restitution amount of the full amount of $39,096.72 for the hours he billed New York State but never actually worked.
Chenango County District Attorney Joseph A. McBride was present in court on behalf of the people.
“This is a very serious crime, the defendant is not going to state prison only because he doesn’t have a criminal record and he has an obligation to pay back the full restitution amount. If he fails to pay he could do up to two and third to seven years in state prison,” said McBride.
In the press release The Inspector General, Leahy Scott, thanked the New York State Police for assisting in the arrest and thanked Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride and his office for prosecuting the criminal case.
“This defendant perpetuated this fraud for nearly a year and had the audacity to repeatedly call agency officials demanding payment for work he never performed,” said Inspector General Leahy Scott. “I will use the resources of my offices to relentlessly pursue State workers and contractors who violate the public’s trust and steal from taxpayers.”
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