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$19K stolen from Mount Laurel medical office:
MOUNT LAUREL – Two former employees stole thousands of dollars from a medical office by forging checks, authorities said.
The crimes against the Briggs Road office, which police did not identify, occurred over a period of at least five months starting in March. The owner discovered the thefts last month, police said.
One of the suspects, 29-year-old Andrea D. Lecklikner of Turnersville, was arrested Thursday on charges of theft by deception and conspiracy. Police said she forged checks totaling $4,959 in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
A second suspect, 29-year-old Brittany Mulholland of Sewell, remains at large, police said Friday. She forged checks totaling $14,412, according to police, who obtained warrants charging her with computer criminal activity, theft by deception and conspiracy.
Original article can be found here: http://www.courierpostonline.com
UNDERSTANDING THE FRAUD TRIANGLE
The three factors that make up the fraud triangle are:
Pressure. Most individuals require some form of pressure to commit a criminal act. This pressure does not need to necessarily make sense to outside observers, but it does need to be present. Pressures can include money problems, gambling debts, alcohol or drug addiction, overwhelming medical bills. Greed can also become a pressure, but it usually needs to be associated with injustice. “The company has not been paying me what I am really worth,” for instance.
Opportunity. An opportunity to commit the act must be present. In the case of fraud, usually a temporary situation arises where there is a chance to commit the act without a high chance of being caught. Companies that are not actively working to prevent fraud can present repeated opportunities to individuals who meet all three criteria of the fraud triangle.
Rationalization. The mindset of a person about to commit an unethical act is one of rationalization. The individual manages to justify what he or she is about to do. Some may think they are just going to borrow the stolen goods, or that they need the money more than the “big” company they are stealing from.
POLICE BLOTTER:
THEFT/ARREST: In August 2016 the owner of a medical office on Briggs Road reported that two former employees had been stealing money from the business over a period of time.
The investigation revealed that between March 2016 and August 2016 employee Andrea D. Lecklikner, age 29, of Turnersville, NJ cashed forged checks at various locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania totaling $4,959.00.
A warrant for her arrest was obtained charging her with theft by deception and conspiracy to commit theft by deception.
On September 22nd she turned herself into police.
She was released pending a court hearing after posting 10% of $25,000.00 bail.
The investigation also revealed that a second employee, Brittany Mulholland, age 29, of Sewell, NJ cashed forged checks at various locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania totaling $14,412.00.
Mulholland also accessed the computerized payment system of the business and stole an additional $8,985.27.
Warrants were obtained charging Mulholland with computer criminal activity, theft by deception, and conspiracy to commit theft by deception.
Mulholland remains at large.
- Mount Laurel Police Department
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