Kathleen Libby sentenced for stealing $650,000
A former office manager of a Brookline medical practice was sentenced today for embezzling over $650,000 from the practice over several years.
A former office manager of a Brookline medical practice was sentenced today for embezzling over $650,000 from the practice over several years.
For Phuong “Lisa” Nguyen of Quincy, the scheme was simple. Starting in 2006, she got jobs as an office or front desk manager for Quincy-area dental practices, forged insurance reimbursement checks with doctors’ names and deposited them to her accounts.
Massarsky worked as a dentist and bookkeeper for a general dentistry practice in Hyannis from 2015 until 2021. When he first began with the practice in 2015, Massarsky opened a “secret bank account” in the name of the practice, and was then able to intercept checks sent to the dentistry practice for insurance reimbursement.
Saskia Tyrone, an administrative assistant at New England Dental Specialists obtained patient information from the computer system to obtain the prescriptions. Tyrone was also charged in another jurisdiction with embezzling $23,000 from the dental office, according to a prosecutor.
“It was the betrayal, not the loss of money, that smarted.” That’s what Darryl Zeleniak told a judge Tuesday at a sentencing hearing for Celine M. Davis, 43,the former bookkeeper at his dental practice, Augusta Orthodontics. “I’m more disappointed and saddened than angry,” Zeleniak said to Justice John Nivison. “Wetreated Ms. Davis as a friend.”…
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…
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,…
Carrie Caporino, 46, acknowledged the thefts from two health care practices and the fraudulent use of a Social Security number.
BOSTON – The former office manager of a Boston-based dental practice was charged in an indictment unsealed today in connection with embezzling funds from her former employer. Yuliya Vaysglus, a/k/a Julia Vaysglus, 35, of Cary, N.C., was charged with eight counts of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft and three counts of filing…