Ex-Mon Valley Hospital employee sentenced for theft
A former accountant and budget manager at Monongahela Valley Hospital was sentenced to 10 years of probation and ordered to pay more than $75,000 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to stealing from the hospital while working there and for two of its affiliates.
Joseph John Bozik, 57, of 1413 Athalia Ave., Monessen, was sentenced May 29 before Washington County Judge John F. DiSalle. As a part of a negotiated plea agreement, Bozik plead guilty to theft and tampering with records. Additional charges were not pursued.
Bozik was charged in October 2012 by state police with forgery, theft and tampering with evidence over accusations that he issued himself unauthorized checks from his workplace for more than a decade, court records show.
Mon Valley Hospital’s senior vice president and treasurer, Daniel Simmons, discovered the loss and confronted Bozik about the scheme, state police stated in the affidavit. The complaint alleged that Bozik forged Simmons’ name to defraud the hospital.
Bozik acknowledged he committed the crimes and submitted his letter of resignation after being confronted, the record indicates.
The loss was set at $65,876 by Gleason & Associates, a Pittsburgh firm that completed an independent forensic audit of the Carroll Township hospital’s financial records, as well as those at Monongahela Medical Supply Co. and Mon Vale Multiphasics, the affidavit shows.
The total loss to the hospital in the case totaled $75,190, which includes the cost of the audit.
Mon Valley Hospital declined to comment about the outcome of the case.
Bozik was ordered to pay the hospital’s total loss and was ordered not have contact with casinos or the Mon Valley Hospital during his probation.