Medical Exec Receives 78-Month Sentence for Fraud, Embezzlement
Dunard Morris, a former business manager of Metropolitan Urological Specialists, had pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges and was sentenced Friday. The practice has locations throughout the St. Louis area, including Creve Coeur.
A former executive for Metropolitan Urological Specialists received a 78-month prison sentence Friday after admitting to embezzling millions of dollars from the company. Dunard Morris was sentenced on three felony counts of mail and wire fraud after pleading guilty to the charges in September. He was also ordered to pay $5.6 million in restitution. Federal Prosecutors said Morris repeatedly increased his own base salary from MUS, without authorization or disclosure to shareholders, and granted himself hundreds of thousands of dollars in unauthorized, undisclosed bonuses and reimbursements. Metropolitan Urological Specialists has an office on the campus of Mercy Hospital St. Louis in Creve Coeur. The indictment points to a high-flying …
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