An employee of a Miami dialysis center has been apprehended on multiple charges, accused of orchestrating fraudulent transactions resulting in the misappropriation of over $122,000 from the business.
Paola Alexandra Orozco, 45, was arrested on Tuesday.
Charges include grand theft, organized fraud, and 27 counts of making false entries on the books of a corporation, as per Miami-Dade jail records.
Initially hired as a financial controller for Kidney Spa at 1401 Southwest 1st Street on August 24, 2023, Orozco allegedly began her illicit activities within just two months of employment, as stated in an arrest report.
Unraveling the deception
Assigned responsibilities encompassed preparing financial reports, supervising accounting operations, scrutinizing financial data, and managing financial transactions.
According to the report, invoices from a vendor, varying in amounts, were regularly received by the center, and typically approved by Kidney Spa’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
However, suspicions arose on Monday when Orozco purportedly generated an invoice amounting to $6,583.88 from the vendor, a task typically undertaken by another employee.
This prompted the CFO to delve into Orozco’s invoicing activities using the vendor’s information.
The revelations
Upon investigation, the CFO discovered numerous invoices traced back to October were directed to Orozco’s personal bank account, totaling a loss of $122,288.81 for Kidney Spa.
Following her arrest, Orozco was booked into jail.
Appearing before a judge on Wednesday, she was granted a $15,000 bond and assigned a public defender.
