A former surgical technician is charged with stealing $2.5 million worth of medical supplies from a hospital in New Jersey and then reselling them in South Carolina, officials said Monday.
Marci M. Staub, 44, a former employee of Cooper University Health Care in Camden, is alleged to have impersonated a medical supply vendor as she sold the devices to a medical supply company, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office said in a release.
She has been charged with theft, receiving stolen property, distribution of prescription drugs and impersonation of a representative of a medical organization, the release said.
Prosecutors said detectives obtained financial records showing Staub received more than $427,000 in payments from reselling the items.
On Oct. 2, the hospital noticed that a large quantity of Medtronic Infuse bone graft devices and other supplies were missing and that its inventory did not match the documented number of products recorded as used.
Cooper University Health Care said it is cooperating with the investigation.
“As this is an active criminal investigation, Cooper University Health Care cannot comment beyond that we actively investigated this incident and reported it to law enforcement as soon as it was discovered, terminated the employee, and continue to cooperate with the investigation," the hospital said in a statement. "Theft or any violation of the law will not be tolerated at Cooper.”
Prosecutors said in their release that hospital officials noticed they were refilling orders for the devices more frequently from December 2024 through July, despite not seeing an increase in patient care that would account for the additional usage.
“During the investigation that followed, detectives from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit reviewed surveillance footage from November to December 2025, showing Staub arriving at work with an empty bag and then leaving with it filled,” the release said.
In December, the Camden County Sheriff’s Office caught Staub leaving the hospital with medical supplies, prosecutors said.
Since then, she has been fired and was taken into custody. It is not clear whether she has legal representation.
On Wednesday, a spokesman from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office told NBC News that Staub was released on Tuesday under supervised monitoring. The next court hearing is scheduled for May 27th.
