BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A former bookkeeper has pleaded guilty to charges in connection to stealing more than $1.8 million from an Amherst medical practice between 2017 and 2024, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.
Bonnie Bova, 54 and of Lancaster, stole a total of $1,830,779.56 by issuing checks from the medical practice, Highgate Medical Group, to herself and concealed the thefts by modifying computer records to indicate that the payments were legitimate.
She used the money to pay credit card bills and other personal expenses. She also pleaded guilty to charges related to failing to disclose the stolen money as additional income on her taxes between 2019 and 2023…