Nonprofit CFO Pleads Guilty to Taking Federal Funds Meant for Indigent Health Care in Alabama

The former chief financial officer of two nonprofit health clinics in Alabama for the poor and homeless pleaded guilty Monday to multiple federal charges in connection with the diversion of $11 million in federal money to private businesses.

The guilty pleas of Terri McGuire Mollica, of Birmingham, 48, were accepted by Chief U.S. District Judge Karon Bowdre in Birmingham.

Sentencing was set for Sept. 11.

A federal grand jury indicted Mollica last year on 74 counts related to an alleged scheme to defraud the government through the two health care clinics...