Former Hospital CEO Charged With Theft

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A Canton resident is accused of taking close to $1 million from a north Georgia hospital.

Detectives with the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jeffrey Mark Dunn, 48, and charged him with 21 counts of theft by deception, the agency said on its Facebook page.

The arrest follows a ”very complex investigation” involving Dunn, the former CEO of Ellijay-based North Georgia Medical Center, allegedly taking about $1 million from the company over a period of two years, Gilmer County Sheriff Stacy Nicholson said on the social media post.

Dunn was taken into custody around 8 p.m. Friday, Feb 6 and as of Monday morning, was being held on a $50,000 bond, the agency said.

“Even though detectives are concentrating their efforts on the more blatant egregious allegations, we anticipate this investigation will be ongoing for some time,” Nicholson stated.