Savage, MN. A Savage resident and former employee of Smiles of Distinction in Savage is accused of embezzling more than $36,000 in cash from the dental practice, and she also allegedly defrauded insurance companies to obtain reimbursements for procedures that were never performed. Melissa Kate Arndt, 50, was charged last month in Scott County District…
STATEN ISLAND, Dec 23, 2015 — A woman who was once one of the country’s top-ranked 14-year-old female tennis players was arrested after she stole prescription pads from dentists she worked for to get drugs, prosecutors said. Olivia Dubovikov-Hosten, 34, of Rossville, was arrested on Monday after prosecutors said she swiped 33 prescription pads from three dentists she worked…
October 21, 2016 WANTED IN REDMOND WA You’ve heard the saying, “When the cat’s away, the mouse will play.” Well, in this case, the rodent is a thief who thinks he’s a pretty smooth criminal. Redmond detectives are hoping you can help identify him after he slipped into a dentist’s office and stole a wallet…
PORTLAND — Former La Grande resident Andrea D. Jacobs turned herself in Thursday, May 28, to the U.S. Marshals Service on an outstanding warrant for bank fraud. (Update: Jacobs sentenced to prison) The FBI in a press release reported the underlying criminal complaint alleges Jacobs stole checks payable to a Hood River dental practice worth…
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Dental embezzlement will spike for the at least the next 6 months. That’s a sobering thought; considering that before the pandemic, embezzlement was already big problem for dentists. In fact, the most recent ADA survey showed that HALF of dentists reported embezzlement Back in March, I made a post titled “An embezzler’s response to COVID-19“….
SEP 2014; UTICA NY, A longtime office manager for Dr. Louis Rabice was sentenced to prison Tuesday for stealing $300,000 from the Utica dentist. Mary Frank, 57, of Rome, received 1 to 3 years in prison for her guilty plea in Oneida County Court to second-degree grand larceny and fourth-degree criminal tax fraud. As Frank…
This was one of the methods used to to steal from the dental practice. Each month, check your Amazon account and confirm that all of the purchases were legitimate, and for your practice. Do not use your personal Amazon account to make purchases for your business. Set up a business account and keep those expenses…
June 2014 – CLAYTON MO • A receptionist at a Clayton dental office has been accused of stealing more than $8,000 from her employer and getting painkillers using a phony prescription, authorities say. Nicole A. Miller, 36, of St. Charles, was charged Friday with felony stealing and fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance. Bail…