WORCESTER — A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to carrying out a scheme to steal money from his two former employers, both medical practices, over several years, the U.S. Attorney said.
Adam Gentile, 39, of Sudbury and formerly of Hudson, pleaded guilty in federal court in Worcester to three counts of wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley said in a statement on Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Margaret Guzman scheduled sentencing for July 16. Gentile was charged in December.
In 2014, Gentile was hired as an administrative assistant at a medical practice and was promoted to office manager shortly thereafter.
As office manager, Gentile processed payroll and oversaw other recordkeeping and administrative responsibilities for the practice.
Beginning around 2015 and continuing through November 2020, prosecutors said Gentile embezzled more than $4.5 million from his employer by issuing himself extra paychecks, sometimes labeling the payments as “bonuses.”
Gentile also paid off personal credit card debt using the practice’s bank account.
In 2021, Gentile was hired as an officer manager at a second medical practice, where he similarly had sole responsibility for processing payroll.
From April 2021 through May 2024, prosecutors said Gentile ran a similar scheme in which he caused extra payroll payments to be issued to himself, sometimes recording these payments as “bonuses.”
Prosecutors said Gentile used the employer’s bank account to pay off his personal credit cards, purchase and upgrade his home in Hudson, and put toward a side business he ran while employed by the medical practice.
Gentile embezzled more than $3.3 million from his second employer, prosecutors said.
For each charge of wire fraud, Gentile faces a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the gross loss involved.
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