A former CEO of the Miami Beach Community Health Center Inc., who is accused of embezzling $6.8 million, faces federal and state charges that could send her to prison for up to 30 years.
Kathryn Abbate, 64, of Hollywood was fired last May when the alleged thefts dating back at least five years were uncovered, according to a related civil lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. The center is suing two accounting firms and a partner, claiming they failed to report the embezzlement though it "occurred right under the accountants’ nose."
