Dec 2, 2019 • Chico, CA In August, the Chico Police Department was contacted regarding a substantial embezzlement case with involvement of an ex-employee who worked at a local medical practice, according to a news release. The suspect was identified as 47-year-old Leannae Mote, more commonly known as Leanne Hill. During the last few months,…
It can get crazy around here this time of the year. Employee dishonesty tends to increase in the run up to the holidays. Perhaps it is time for a check up to make sure your employees have not developed any bad habits. Ask me for details.
Practice Management Software – Credit Balances A credit balance on a patient’s account normally arises when a patient has prepaid for their treatment or has overpaid their balance. Sometimes in error, an insurance company will overpay, and this can also create a credit balance. The credit balances above represent money that the practice owes to…
Merchant Refunds Credit card terminals (and online portals) are designed to accept credit card payments and issue refunds . This creates an opportunity for a dishonest employee to issue fraudulent refunds to their own credit or debit card. Making an unauthorized credit card refund is a common embezzlement scheme that can be easily prevented. Do…
July 01, 2019 A 52-year-old Rochester man is in jail after allegedly huffing nitrous oxide at a dental office in northwest Rochester. Lieutenant Mike Sadauskis said it happened Friday around 10 p.m. An employee stopped by the office and noticed a padlock had been knocked off a locked door and heard a hissing sound of…
Dec 2018 – A Mashpee woman is charged with embezzling nearly a half-million dollars from her former employer, a dental specialist in Yarmouth, over the course of 14 years. Mary Lou McGrail, 69, allegedly falsified records and stole $427,742 from the owner of Professional Endodontics between 2002 and 2016, according to court files. Ms. McGrail,…
Aug-26-19. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A woman who embezzled over $100,000 has been sentenced to 90 days in jail. Cheryl Callies had much of her sentence suspended Monday and now will only need to serve 90 days in the county jail. Callies was a long time bookkeeper who worked for two Sioux Falls dental offices…
Feb 2016 • Kennewick, WA : A suspended dental hygienist working as an office manager has admitted using prescription software to get painkillers for herself. Nicole B. Allenton, 44, is facing one year in the county jail for forging numerous prescriptions. It wasn’t her first time using the software to commit fraud. In 2012, Allenton…
July 31, 2019 – Paso Robles, CA – A dental office receptionist allegedly stole numerous prescriptions, which she filled out and sent through a pharmacy where her husband picked them up, according to the Paso Robles Police Department. [Cal Coast Times] At about 11:30 a.m. on Monday, a pharmacist at the Rite Aid Pharmacy at…
FEB 2018- SPRINGFIELD — A DeWitt County woman awaiting sentencing on federal wire and mail fraud charges may be required to spend her time on home confinement, trying to sell expensive items purchased with stolen funds to raise cash for restitution. Veronica Luster’s sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Springfield has been delayed at…