The official was sentenced to five years of probation. She had previously repaid the money.
A former Doylestown Hospital official pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling more than $600,000 from a hospital charitable account, theNorma Galagarza, 68, of Chalfont, worked as director of medical staff at the Bucks County Hospital before retiring in March 2021. One of her tasks was to oversee a charitable account used by the medical staff’s executive committee to make community donations or to support employees in need.
A criminal investigation began in early 2022 when the Doylestown board started receiving insufficient funds notices for an account they didn’t know was still open. Investigators discovered that Galagarza had taken control of the account sometime as early as 2007. From 2008 until 2021 she made 896 unauthorized transactions totaling approximately $604,702.29, which she used for personal expenses, the District Attorney’s office said.
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