Two staff members at Frontenac (Mo.) Surgery and Spine Care Center were indicted by a federal grand jury this past November on charges of defrauding the ambulatory surgery center, according to a report from Suburban Journals.
The ASC's office manager is accused of allegedly using one of the surgery center's accounts to pay multiple credit card bills totaling almost $100,000.
The office manager and another employee are also accused of opening a credit card account in the ASC's name and using it to make purchases of more than $1,200, according to the report.
Both employees were released on unsecured bond.
Read the Suburban Journals report about the alleged surgery center fraud.
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