Get our free mobile appHow the scheme workedTwo medical clinics with offices in Lafayette and Baton Rouge employed Duck and gave her direct access to their credit cards and bank accounts. The scheme lasted roughly three and a half years and cost the clinics $539,451.41 in unauthorized transactions, prosecutors say. The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested her on an active warrant Dec. 19, 2023. Duck pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud on March 16, 2026, admitting to the embezzlement scheme prosecutors laid out. She had faced a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine before this week’s sentencing.