Feb 19, 2018 Elizabeth A. Palo, 49, was sentenced to five years in prison for felony theft from a business on Feb. 16. She must also pay back $310,000 to Kinnic Health and Rehab, a River Falls nursing home and care facility where she used to work as an office manager. Palo pleaded guilty to…
Source: Practice managers who steal: A cautionary tale for doctors | FierceHealthcare It’s easy for busy doctors to trust their practice managers to manage their books and run the business side of operations. But recent cases involving office managers who embezzled from practices show that trust can be misplaced. Doctors who don’t pay attention to office…
Jan. 22, 2013 HAMLIN – Dental practices in Hamlin and Alum Creek claim embezzlement of at least $250,000 by a veteran employee, and allege that in three months prior to her Hawaiian vacation last year, there were no cash payments recorded. Dentists William J. Artrip and Carol V. Buffington accuse former employee LaDonna Johnson, who…
CHARLOTTE, NC (Joe Marusak/The Charlotte Observer) – A woman who admitted stealing $409,000 from a Huntersville dental office she managed has been sentenced to a minimum of nearly five years in prison. Angela Nicole Brown, 45, of Charlotte spent part of the money she stole from the practice of Dr. John Wells on vacations, including to Disney…
MASON CITY, IA, Apr 14, 2017 | A Mason City woman convicted of stealing nearly a half-million dollars from a dental practice has been sentenced to federal prison. Pamela Harris, 58, was sentenced Thursday to a term of 41 months, or three years and five months. Check Pamela’s LinkedIn Profile here. (Bill Hiltz) Originally accused of taking…
A Lewisburg woman has been arrested in Colorado on a charge of theft, according to a release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The Arapahoe County Sheriffs Office, aided by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, arrested Aleea Danielle Nash on Monday evening on a warrant from Marshall County for theft over $250,000. ALEEA DANIELLE NASH…
Aug 2013 – Carthage, NC : A woman accused of embezzling more than $400,000 from her job in a dentist’s office will serve several months in jail and repay $350,000, under a sentence imposed Monday. Allison McKenzie, 38, the wife of former town Police Chief Chris McKenzie, pleaded guilty to 77 counts of embezzlement in…
Jamie Lynn Entrekin, 43, who worked for Surgical Specialists of Ocala, was arrested Tuesday and charged with organized fraud. By Austin L. MillerStaff writer A former doctor’s office manager is suspected of taking more than $280,000 from the business to pay her credit card bills. Jamie Lynn Entrekin, 43, who worked for Surgical Specialists of…
Shannon Tonkin 12 Mar 2017, 5:09 p.m. Young mum uses her work log-ins and passwords to transfer cash from surgery accounts to her own private accounts. A Balgownie woman has confessed to stealing almost $320,000 from the dental surgery where she worked for nearly a decade. Daniette Paulissen, 34, was ordered to front court in May…
Sep 2, 2017 SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Farruhk Kureishy lost more than his money when his longtime office manager took more than $400,000 from his practice, according to his statement Friday to a federal judge who will sentence the former employee. “She not only started managing our office but our finances. Basically we trusted her like…