Jun 12, 2020, BOSTON – A former Hopkinton woman pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to bank and tax fraud charges stemming from her embezzlement of more than $348,000 from a Boston-based dental practice. Yuliya Vaysglus, also known as Julia Vaysglus, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft…
Lesa George is a serial fraudster who was charged with more than 110 counts of fraud, and served 32 months in prison. I first met George when contracted by a dentist who employed her. Ultimately, I wound up confronting George in person and fired her for theft. That led to being summoned as a prosecution…
Clay County FL (Aug 2018) A Clay County woman, a former bookkeeper for a chiropractor’s office, is accused of embezzling more than $250,000 from the business. An arrest report says that Melinda Dawn Wilkes used the money to fund her own two businesses — as well as “pay for extracurricular activities for her kids.” Investigators…
A Madison, Indiana woman who worked for an orthodontist has been arrested on suspicion that she stole about $300,000 from her employer. Indiana State Police arrested Malinda A. Downey, 47, Wednesday on a Level 5 felony charge of theft. She was taken to Jefferson County Jail and released on bonded. Downey worked at Pawlak Orthodontics…
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,…
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,…
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…
July 15, 2019 – SC – A woman was sentenced to 20 years behind bars after being convicted of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a South Carolina business to support her “excessively lavish and extravagant lifestyle,” a prosecutor said Monday. In less than two years, Dorlisa Hackney used her role as bookkeeper for…
June 8, 2018 – OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $280,000 from a dental office. Officials with the United States Department of Justice say Annette M. Straily, of Comanche, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and singing a false federal income tax return in connection with a $283,000 embezzlement…
April 14, 2008 A former Naples dental office manager who embezzled about $220,000 over nearly two years left her sentence in the hands of a judge. Cassandra Jean Lorenzi, 38, of Fort Myers, rejected a plea bargain to a year in the county jail because she didn’t want to lose her new job. She had…