A woman employed by an oral surgeon was accused on Friday of embezzling more than $150,000 from him.
On Dec. 1, Heather Candace Hushelpeck, 43, of Gainesville, was fired from her job at a Gainesville oral surgeon’s office, at 6801 NW 9th Blvd., for failing to explain two credit card transactions, according to an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.
One transaction was on Oct. 15 for $1,300 and another was under the name of a former employee for $7,500, the report said.
Hushelpeck returned on Dec. 4 to reinstall Quickbooks, an accounting software, on a computer, the report said.
When asked why the program was deleted, Hushelpeck said she deleted it to update it and started crying, the report said. She admitted to an office employee she stole money for at least a year by writing checks to herself, using credit card refunds and chargebacks.
She made payments to the Star Center Theatre and to the Howard Bishop Middle School PTA, the report said. She also underreported her income on IRS forms.
She embezzled $156,126.25, the report said.
Hushelpeck was charged with embezzlement, fraud and larceny of more than $100,000, the report said.
She bonded out from the Alachua County Jail Saturday on a $15,000 bond.
Hushelpeck could not be reached for comment.
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