Former Dental Office Employee Charged With stealing $235,000
Investigators determined that more than $235,000 had been redirected to the employee’s accounts.
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Hospital dental group sues ex-office manager, alleging insurance fraud and payroll padding.
A group of Winnipeg hospital dentists are suing a former employee after she allegedly paid herself thousands of dollars in fraudulent insurance claims, and unearned pay over a five-year period.
The dental group is seeking a minimum of $75,000 to repay the allegedly fraudulent expenses, insurance claims and extra pay. The group is also seeking general damages and a declaration from the defendant that the money was gained through fraud. -
Bookkeeper sentenced for stealing $200K from dentists.
A Squamish woman who used her position as a bookkeeper to steal almost $200,000 from two North Vancouver dentists and an insurance company will not face jail time.
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37-year-old mother of two, cried as she was led away to begin serving a two-year prison sentence.
The tears of an office manager, who extracted nearly half a million dollars from a local dentist and used the cash to fund family vacations and invest in her children’s education, did not impress the judge.
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‘Deliberate pattern of deception’ Kamloops woman sentenced for dental clinic fraud.
A B.C. woman who stole nearly $150,000 from her employer and defrauded a number of insurance companies while working as a dental receptionist has been sentenced to 20 months in jail.
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Dental office defrauded over $200,000 in Dufferin County, Ontario
In November 2021, investigators commenced a fraud investigation involving the misappropriation of funds at a local dental office in the Town of Orangeville.
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‘Strange and puzzling’ investigation involving dental gold recovered by police.
Thousands of dollars in stolen dental gold was recovered and police are hoping to return it to its rightful owner. In a rather bizarre investigation, officers said dental gold was recovered after it was sold to a gold buyer.
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Thief steals thousands of dollars in dental equipment
Calgary police confirm that officers are investigating after a robbery Monday in Montgomery at an underground parkade. May 2021 • Dentist Kim Scott, who works at Bow River Dental, said that he was trying to organize his office so he placed some of his equipment in his vehicle in the parkade Monday afternoon. When he…
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This will hurt a bit. Half of dentists at ‘elevated risk’ of fraud
September 2007 • The Daily News Michael Arsenault still seems shaken by the revelations. Two years ago, the Halifax dentist first caught wind that something was amiss in his practice – a call from Blue Cross asking about an insurance claim. By the time a forensic expert and police were through, Arsenault learned he was…
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“A woman with a past.”
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…
