Spear Phishing: The ADA hack
The American Dental Association (ADA) suffered a ransomware attack (April 2022). Here’s how it was done.
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Leaders and Experts on Dental FraudBusters
Leaders and Experts is a place for experts from all corners of the dental industry to share their knowledge and experience here on Dental FraudBusters.
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FEAR BASED SELLING ROTS THE SOUL
“Fear based selling is driven solely by a desire to sell. It focuses on the making the sale using using high-pressure selling and bullying to cause their prospective client (i.e., victim) to buy products or services under duress.“ Bill Hiltz Professionals should never use fear tactics to sell their services Fear is universal. We all…
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Does my practice have crime insurance?
“Employee dishonesty coverage is a must-have for every dental practice.” – William (Bill) Hiltz Topics included in this post What is Employee Dishonesty coverage? Employee dishonesty coverage will cover losses (up to a limit) as a result of employee theft of money, securities, or property. Employee dishonesty coverage can be purchased separately, but in many…
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Woman accused of embezzling over $13K from dentist office where she worked
Memphis Police took a bite out of crime by arresting a dental office employee who allegedly stole over $13,000 from her employer. Police said 40-year-old Amber Nichols of Lakeland, Tennessee was working at a dentist’s office in Memphis in December of 2021 when she told her boss that she needed some time off to go…
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42 year employee pleads guilty to dental embezzlement.
Kristy Brown Staley admitted to embezzling from Dr. John McCollum. According to the Dillon Tribune, Staley plead guilty to dental embezzlement on March 1, 2022 Highlights: Kristy Brown Staley, 61, pleaded guilty to felony theft (common scheme embezzlement) in Fifth Judicial District Court. She admitted she charged fraudulent purchases to McCollum’s business credit card ranging…
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How to Safeguard Against Embezzlement
Dental Drill Bits Podcast – Released 03/10/2022 Why does embezzlement happen and how does it begin? Most importantly, how can we catch it early or even prevent it from ever happening?! In this episode Sandy breaks down the steps and systems we need to implement so that we can prevent any employee stealing from the…
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Hey, the 90’s called and said they want their paper charts back
Who remembers Chart-It ? I recently found an outline from one of the courses I taught back in 1996 to help pay the bills while in university. Back then, Janice and I were full time students for seven years, including summer sessions, and the parents of 4 small children. Every penny had to count. When I…
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Where and how were my insurance checks “cashed”?
Tracing a missing insurance check. Members of our Dental FraudBusters group on Facebook can ask an anonymous question which is then posted to the group for discussion. One member of our Official Dental FraudBuster Facebook Group asked this question which : “How do we find out where and how insurance checks were “cashed” by someone…
