Lee Memorial employee arrested for selling hospital equipment on eBay

CREATED Aug. 21, 2012

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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Lee County detectives arrested a Lee Memorial Health Systems employee for stealing hospital equipment and selling it on eBay.

A medical supply business in Fort Myers tipped off the Lee Memorial to a recent purchase made on EBay.  When the buyer ran the serial numbers the equipment came back as property of Lee Memorial Health System.s

Detectives arrested 35-year-old Eliott Lopez charging him with Grand Theft and Dealing in Stolen Property.

It is believed that Lopez may have sold as much as $88,000 of equipment stolen Lee Memorial Health Systems on eBay.

Lopez has worked for Lee Memorial since 2003.