WVU hospital employee charged with embezzlement

An employee of Morgantown-based WVU Medicine is facing an embezzlement charge after it was discovered that daily deposits from the WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management, part of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, consistently fell short over a seven-month period, The Dominion Post reported July 5. 

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Elizabeth Yost, a registration specialist/super depositor with the WVU Medicine pain management center, is accused of embezzling $7,948.60, according to the report. She was arraigned on the embezzlement charge June 30 in Monongalia County Magistrate Court. 

Health system officials were unable to comment on the allegations, according to the report. 

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