Man Accused of Stealing from Hospice Company

A Medford man has been charged with grand larceny after the Nassau County District Attorney's office said he stole more than $240,000 from a Woodbury healthcare company.

Jeffrey Mohamed, 36, was arrested Monday morning and charged with second-degree grand larceny and first-degree falsifying business records. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said that from January 2003 to March 2011, Mohamed, who was employed as the chief of information technology for the Hospice Care Network, embezzled more than $243,000 from his employer.

He made unauthorized purchases of computers, televisions, and other electronic equipment through his employer’s accounts, and then returning the items for a credit to his personal account or by selling the equipment and keeping the proceeds, she said.

Senior management officials at Hospice Care Network discovered the theft during a review of open orders for IT equipment from a vendor. The discovery occurred after Mohamed was terminated from the company for unrelated reasons.

Hospice Care Network also has locations in Queens, Valley Stream, Bay Shore, and Melville, and provides care within private homes as well.

“Every dollar this defendant stole was a dollar that should have gone into alleviating the pain and suffering of very sick people in their final days,” Rice said. “Mr. Mohamed will now have to answer for victimizing one of our community’s most vulnerable populations.”