Michael Barnes was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for stealing more than $20,000 from the Center for Retina and Macular Disease in Florida, according to The Tampa Tribune.
Here are four things to know:
1. Mr. Barnes was hired as a business manager in 2006 and was responsible for running the daily operations of the practice.
2. Records show Mr. Barnes was arrested in 2012 and accused of paying himself unauthorized raises in salary and bonuses at the Center for Retina and Macular Disease as well as charging personal expenses such as family trips to Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.
3. In October, a jury convicted Mr. Barnes of grand theft of more than $20,000 but less than $100,000 and two counts of money laundering.
4. Mr. Barnes was also sentenced to 13 years of probation.