Non-Profit Manager to Plead to Fraud...

The former financial chief of two Alabama nonprofits for the poor and homeless will plead guilty to defrauding millions of dollars from the clinics and the federal agencies that fund them. The U.S. Attorney's office says Terri McGuire Mollica has agreed to plead guilty to almost twenty counts related to fraud against the government, including wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. Mollica worked for Birmingham Health Care and the Central Alabama Comprehensive Health Inc. and was charged with helping co-conspirators steal roughly $11 million in federal grant money and other property from the agencies. The 48-year-old will also plead guilty to four counts of filing false tax returns and one count of aggravated identity theft. A plea hearing is scheduled for April 27.