Since establishing his firm, Marshall had dealt with several "problem" employees but a client had never accused one of his employees of theft. Extremely upset, Mar-shall called Rojas into his office and informed her of the alleged theft reported by Carson Caddell. Within moment, Rojas began weeping and confessed to embez-zling the funds. She explained that she needed the cash to pay for the medical expenses incurred over the prior year by terminally ill mother who had no health insurance. Rojas then pleaded with Marshall to help her. She insisted that she had intended to somehow repay the stolen funds. if Marshall or Caddell reported her to law enforcement authorities, there would be no one to take care of her mother