CBS News Philadelphia reports that a former surgical technician at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., has been charged with stealing $2.5 million in medical supplies, according to a county prosecutor.
After a six-month criminal investigation that remains active, Marci M. Staub was charged with theft, receiving stolen property, distribution of prescription legend drugs, and impersonation of a representative of a medical organization, according to WPVI-TV. She was arrested and taken to the Camden County Correctional Facility.
A Cooper University Health Care spokesperson said the health system actively investigated the incident and reported it to law enforcement as soon as it was discovered. They said Cooper terminated Ms. Staub’s employment and continues to cooperate with the investigation, adding that “theft or any violation of the law will not be tolerated at Cooper.”
According to county officials, reports CBS, the investigation began last October after Cooper reported a large number of Medtronic Infuse bone graft devices and other medical supplies were missing, to the tune of $2.5 million. Meanwhile, Cooper realized that the number of orders for the affected devices had “significantly risen” from December 2024 to July 2025, even though staff weren’t using more of the products than they normally did.
It turned out, according to the county prosecutor, that Ms. Staub was impersonating a medical supply vendor to sell the stolen devices and supplies to a wholesale medical supply company in South Carolina.
CBS reports that Ms. Staub was detained in December by Camden County sheriffs and hospital security as she attempted to leave work with the medical supplies, and was terminated by Cooper at that time. Surveillance footage from November and December showed Staub arriving at work with an empty bag and leaving with it filled. Law enforcement said she had received more than $427,000 in the fraudulent sales of the equipment.
