Woman faces theft charge
February 7, 2019 at 5:55 p.m.
Woman faces theft charge
By David [email protected]
Linda Diane Bruss, 52, of 215 Pimlico Drive, Warsaw, was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 3:37 p.m. Wednesday for theft, a level 6 felony, with bond set at $3,000 surety and $12,000 cash.
On Aug. 22, Indiana State Police trooper Steve Nash met with the Warsaw Orthodontics office manager who said Bruss started working there in May 2017 as a financial coordinator. Her primary function was handling patients’ insurance. The office manager said she and Bruss were the only employees who handle the insurance claims.
The office manager said that on Aug. 9, 2018, Bruss was sick and did not come to work and that Bruss noticed that a check for $1,500 received on Aug. 6 was missing. She contacted the patient who said they had paid $1,500 in cash and produced the receipt.
The office manager further checked into the software program and found the $1,500 payment had been logged in as a check and the cash had not been deposited into the bank.
Upon further investigation, the office manager found where 42 similar incidents.
The software requires an employee to initial who entered the data and Bruss’s initials were on the transactions, according to court documents.
Total loss to Warsaw Orthodontics was $11,851.
Linda Diane Bruss, 52, of 215 Pimlico Drive, Warsaw, was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 3:37 p.m. Wednesday for theft, a level 6 felony, with bond set at $3,000 surety and $12,000 cash.
On Aug. 22, Indiana State Police trooper Steve Nash met with the Warsaw Orthodontics office manager who said Bruss started working there in May 2017 as a financial coordinator. Her primary function was handling patients’ insurance. The office manager said she and Bruss were the only employees who handle the insurance claims.
The office manager said that on Aug. 9, 2018, Bruss was sick and did not come to work and that Bruss noticed that a check for $1,500 received on Aug. 6 was missing. She contacted the patient who said they had paid $1,500 in cash and produced the receipt.
The office manager further checked into the software program and found the $1,500 payment had been logged in as a check and the cash had not been deposited into the bank.
Upon further investigation, the office manager found where 42 similar incidents.
The software requires an employee to initial who entered the data and Bruss’s initials were on the transactions, according to court documents.
Total loss to Warsaw Orthodontics was $11,851.
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