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ENT Department Assistant Charged with Embezzling $1M From Boston Hospital

Written by  Staff | February 24, 2010
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A practice assistant in the ENT Department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston is pleading guilty to embezzling more than $1 million from the hospital, according to a release from the FBI.


Richard P. Webb, 42, allegedly took the money from Jan. 2006-April 2009 by stealing checks written to the department and by obtaining fraudulent refunds for hearing aids and other items.

The 381-bed hospital is a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.

Read the FBI's release on Beth Israel Deaconess embezzlement.

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