purposes of interviewing Karen DiSalvo. During the investigation, Karen DiSalvo and her
husband were identified via Sunbiz.org due to their names being associated with Dorice
Moore under the business name "All About Cellular". During the interview, DiSalvo advised the following:
She first became acquainted with Dorice Moore while the two worked for Arcadia Healthcare
during the same period of time. DiSalvo could not remember the exact year, however she was
working as a registered nurse/office manager when Moore hired on as a Certified Nurses
Assistant. Arcardia Healthcare is basically a temporary staffing service for medical
professionals. Moore worked for approximately one year as a Certified Nurses Assistant and
"showed promise and interest" so she was moved to the office for general scheduling and
office work. During her time in the office, Moore excelled at grasping the business
aspects of the staffing agency. After approximately seven or eight months, Moore was able
to express interest in opening a branch of Arcadia Healthcare in Plant City, citing her
numerous contacts in the area due to being from Plant City. Soon, Arcadia Healthcare
agreed and approved of the Plant area branch and entrusted Moore to operate the
business.
Not long after the branch became operational did the senior staff of Arcadia Healthcare
begin to notice a spike in spending and monies leaving the business. An internal
investigation revealed that Moore had "embezzled" in excess of sixty thousand dollars.
DiSalvo explained that because of Moore's position as an office manager, she is able to
write checks and has a check book easily accessible. DiSalvo further advised that it was
common place for an employee to work a shift and then go to the office immediately after
to receive payment for that shift, in the form of a check. DiSalvo explained that the
internal investigation revealed that Moore would routinely provide this practice for the
employees however she would write the check in excess of what was due the employee. The
employee would then cash the check and either, give the entire excess to Moore or take a
percentage of the excess providing Moore with the remainder.
Once this was determined, Arcadia Healthcare initiated action against Moore when all of
the sudden the office in Plant City where Moore's branch was operating out of "caught fire
and burned". DiSalvo explained that during her observations of the burnt remains, she
noticed that only files were burned and the expensive office equipment remained unscathed,
as a matter of fact, the office equipment had been moved across the street as if "Moore
knew the fire was going to happen". DiSalvo advised the State Fire Marshall inspected the
fire but was unable to charge Moore with arson.
DiSalvo further advised that Moore and Arcadia Healthcare then came to an agreement
where-by Moore would pay Arcadia Healthcare twenty-five thousand dollars and the business
would not continue their investigation or press charges. According to DiSalvo at the time
when Moore was supposed to pay Arcadia Healthcare she "blackmailed" the company and stated
she would "go to the press" and "air out some dirty laundry". DiSalvo stated that Moore
was going to tell the press that Arcadia Healthcare was employing persons with AIDS, knew
that the person had AIDS, and still utilized them for outside sources. DiSalvo explained
that was false, however Moore and Arcadia Healthcare knew that the business would spend
weeks and a large amount of money battling the "bad press". Because of this threat,
Arcadia Healthcare decided to "cut their loss" and excuse Moore's debt if she signed some
sort of none compete clause that their attorneys would draft. DiSalvo stated she was under
the opinion that this had been done, because the internal investigation against Moore was
dropped.
DiSalvo also advised during the time that Moore was an office assistant in the Tampa
branch that both she and her husband decided to partner with Moore and open a cellular
company, using the other employees as a customer base. This business venture never came to
fruition due to the busy schedules of both parties, however, when Moore left Arcadia
Healthcare all together after the internal investigation, DiSalvo learned the following.
Evidently Moore worked for or associated with a business entitled "American Wireless"
prior to Arcadia Healthcare. When DiSalvo and Moore were going to start their cellular
business, Moore provided several product displays and other materials, "on loan from
American Medical."
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