Suffolk Man Sentenced For Stealing From Nassau Pediatrics Firm

A Selden man was sentenced to nearly a decade in prison on Tuesday for embezzling more than $3 million from a pediatrics practice in the Five Towns.

Peter Singh, 43, was sentenced to three to nine years in prison, and must pay a civil judgement of $3,102,764.30. He had pleaded guilty to second-degree larceny on Nov. 7, 2018.

“This defendant was entrusted with managing Five Town Pediatrics’ finances, and he betrayed that trust when he stole more than $3 million over eight years,” said Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas. “Peter Singh’s greed will cost him his liberty, and I’m grateful to the NCPD and our prosecutors for bringing him to justice.”

According to Singas, in 2010, Singh was promoted to practice administrator of Five Towns Pediatrics, PC, which has offices in Woodmere and Bellmore. As part of his job, he was given unsupervised control over the practice's payroll, 401k administration and hiring of support staff

Between his promotion in 2010 and January 2018, Singh increased his salary by $1,126,800; paid his wife, who was never an employee, $1,726,791; paid his step daughter, who was also never an employee, $136,053; and paid another company, RSS of NY, which Singh was a signatory on, $29,602.

During the same time, Singh used the company's bank account to pay for a high-end Lexus and repay loans from his 401k totaling $83,517. In total, Singas said the medical practice lost $3,102,764.

In January 2018, after noticing discrepancies in their finances, the practice owners hired a forensic accountant and bookkeeper, who found the embezzlement, despite investigations by the practice's previous accountants. They referred the case to the Nassau County Police Department. Singh was arrested last May, and he was fired in February.

Photo courtesy Nassau County District Attorney's Office