MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A former healthcare director was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal prison for wire fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.

According to information presented in court, Melanie Haste, 62, served as the Director of Risk Management at West Tennessee Healthcare and worked at the Jackson-Madison County Hospital from 2012 to 2020. While she worked there, she developed a fraud scheme that allowed her to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from the organization.

The Department of Justice said bank personnel became suspicious when Haste attempted to deposit a $146,000 check made out to the organization into her own account. Bank personnel froze her account and alerted West Tennessee Healthcare.

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