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South Jersey Doc Goes To Federal Prison For Forging $500,000 Worth Of Employer's Checks South Jersey Doc Goes To Federal Prison For Forging $500,000 Worth Of Employer's Checks
South Jersey Doc Goes To Federal Prison For Forging $500,000 Worth Of Employer's Checks A South Jersey doctor was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison for stealing more than $500,000 from his previous employer and using it to pay his bills. Walter Sytnik, 35, of Voorhees, forged checks for five years from checks he stole from the medical practice where he worked as a bookkeeper before going to medical school, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Sytnik also opened and maintained credit card accounts at the same banks as the doctor at the medical practice, then forged the doctor’s signature on the stolen checks and paid his credit card bills with them, Sellinger s…

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PA Woman Had Child Feign Symptoms So Severe They Required Surgery: Police PA Woman Had Child Feign Symptoms So Severe They Required Surgery: Police
PA Woman Had Child Feign Symptoms So Severe They Required Surgery: Police A central Pennsylvania caregiver has been accused of making a child so ill they required surgery in a possible case of Munchausen's by Proxy, according to a release by police. Christine Marie Maxwell, 48, of the 900 block of Maplewood Lane, Enola, allegedly "fabricated symptoms and illnesses (in a child) which required the juvenile to undergo many medical procedures and tests that were unnecessary," as stated in a release by East Pennsboro Township police on Tuesday. Police opened an investigation into Maxwell following an alert of "a caregiver being suspected of child abuse due to Munchaus…

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by Jillian Pikora