MIAMI (WSVN) – The former chief operating officer of the Jackson Health Foundation has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $4 million from the nonprofit over the course of a decade, federal prosecutors said.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Charmaine Gatlin, 52, admitted on Sept. 11 to defrauding the Foundation, the fundraising arm of Jackson Health System, by submitting false invoices, steering funds to herself and relatives, and accepting kickbacks from vendors.
Prosecutors said Gatlin approved roughly $2 million in invoices for services never provided by a Georgia-based audiovisual company…