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Former nursing home worker pleads guilty to embezzlement

Posted January 27, 2015 10:00 pm

The Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A former nursing home employee accused of stealing $460,000 from residents has admitted to her role in an embezzlement scheme at an Oakland County facility.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced Tuesday that 44-year-old Tina Binkley of Lapeer County pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement from vulnerable adults. The felony charge carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence and at least a $50,000 fine.

Schuette reports Binkley has agreed to pay more than $460,000 in restitution to 136 victims. According to the attorney general's office, Binkley stole the money between May 2010 and April 2013 while she was working as the business office manager at Boulevard Health Center in Rochester Hills.

Sentencing for Binkley is scheduled at the beginning of March.

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