ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors say the president of a Long Island collection agency has been charged with stealing $1.6 million from a New York City hospital.
Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/2nD0pvv ) 71-year-old Norman Alpren, of Long Beach, and the Rockville Centre-based MBI Associates Inc. were each charged with felony grand larceny. Alpren was arraigned Wednesday. Bail was set at $50,000 cash.
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas says Alpren collected the money on behalf of St. Barnabas Hospital, but used it for his firm's operating expenses instead of paying it to the Bronx hospital.
The hospital, which prosecutors say severed its ties to MBI in 2014, didn't comment on the charges.
Alpren's attorney says the hospital has collected "upwards" of $13 million due to Alpren's efforts over a four-year period.
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