Indictment for Medical Center's former boss

The Las Vegas Sun and Review-Journal both ran stories today on the indictment handed down against ex-UMC boss Lacey Thomas.

From the Review-Journal:

Lacey Thomas was once hailed as a savior.
Four years later, the man county officials tapped to turn around the financially troubled University Medical Center stands charged with enriching his friends with no-work hospital contracts that cost the public hospital as much as $10 million. In an indictment made public Wednesday in District Court, Thomas was charged with five counts of theft and five counts of misconduct by a public officer.

The Las Vegas Sun reports:

A 15-month investigation into Thomas’ conduct at UMC culminated Wednesday with his indictment on five counts each of theft and misconduct of a public official for allegedly awarding lucrative no-work contracts, mostly to his Chicago friends.

Mitchell estimates UMC lost $10 million because of the alleged malfeasance. Some of the contracts were for work that should have been completed at no charge to the hospital by county agencies, Mitchell said. Others were awarded to companies that seemed to exist solely to take money from UMC.

And I thought all the potential corruption money was in the legal field. Way to step up for the Vegas doctors, Mr. Thomas.