GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A Wayne County jury has found a former Senior Systems Administrator for 3HC Home Health and Hospice Care, Inc. guilty of orchestrating a years-long fraud scheme that stole more than $941,000 from the Goldsboro-based nonprofit.
Robin Corey Rix of Princeton was convicted on July 16, 2026, of four counts of Obtaining Property by False Pretenses involving more than $100,000 and one count of Embezzlement of Funds by Public Officers and Trustees.
According to court documents and evidence presented during the trial, Rix worked as a Senior Systems Administrator for 3HC from 2020 through 2023. Prosecutors said he used a company-issued credit card to carry out a fraudulent scheme by falsely claiming he was purchasing refurbished laptops and other information technology equipment for the organization.
Instead of making legitimate purchases, investigators said Rix generated more than $941,000 in fraudulent charges through PayPal accounts he controlled.
To conceal the scheme, Rix allegedly created and submitted false invoices and other fabricated business records that made the transactions appear legitimate. Prosecutors said 3HC paid the fraudulent charges based on those misrepresentations.
Rather than purchasing equipment for the nonprofit, authorities said Rix used the stolen funds for personal expenses, including payments related to his home, vehicles, restaurant purchases, online gaming and travel to Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
Investigators also determined that Rix used a fictitious company to add credibility to the false invoices and conceal the true recipient of the funds, according to prosecutors.
Following the guilty verdict, Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Imelda J. Pate sentenced Rix to an active prison term of 29 to 39 years.
The case was investigated by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s Financial Crimes Unit. The prosecution was handled by the Wayne County District Attorney’s Office with assistance from Financial Crimes Resource Prosecutor Janelle Cline and Chief Financial Crimes Resource Prosecutor Jordan Ford of the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys.
Authorities said the case highlights the importance of financial oversight and the ongoing efforts of state investigators and prosecutors to combat complex financial crimes targeting organizations and institutions.
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