Practice manager jailed for stealing $87k from GP corporate
She was accused of taking cash from the practice's bank deposits on nearly 500 occasions
A Brisbane practice manager who stole tens of thousands of dollars from her employer was caught after taking leave to battle self-diagnosed breast cancer, a court has heard.
Paula Ann Tobin, 50, pleaded guilty to stealing $86,996.46 from the Sunnybank Hills General Practice, owned by IPN, between October 2011 and October 2017.
Tobin’s six-years of theft was only uncovered because she self-diagnosed cancer and took leave to seek treatment, Brisbane District Court heard on Thursday.
“It was then that other persons became involved, and subsequently it became clear the offending had occurred,” Judge John Coker said.
