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Serial dental embezzler sentenced to 5 years in prison

A woman who stole nearly $178,000 from a Fredericksburg dental office was ordered Tuesday to serve five years in prison.

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May 20

2011 was a busy year for dental embezzlers.

Do you recognize any of these names? I found some old news articles in my archives and decided to post them here for posterity....

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May 19

Woman accused of embezzling over $13K from dentist office where she worked

Memphis Police took a bite out of crime by arresting a dental office employee who allegedly stole over $13,000 from her employer. Police said...

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Mar 30

42 year employee pleads guilty to dental embezzlement.

Kristy Brown Staley admitted to embezzling from Dr. John McCollum. According to the Dillon Tribune, Staley plead guilty to dental embezzlement on March 1,...

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Mar 24

Blairsville woman pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $600K from doctor’s office

Sandra Jo Doak, pled guilty to mail fraud and filing false income tax returns PITTSBURGH, PA, A Blairsville woman pleaded guilty Tuesday (August 10,...

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Feb 2

FEDS: DENTAL EMPLOYEES STOLE MONEY, OBTAINED DRUGS

SWANTON VT: Federal Law Enforcement Officers arrested two local women in connection with stolen prescription pads and money from a local dental office. According...

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Jan 3

Pair of Dental Assistants sentenced for insurance fraud

Alma Almendariz – 23 false claims BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Registered dental assistant Alma Almendariz, 35, was booked today into Kern Court Jail on multiple...

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Jan 3

Juanita Simone Johnson – Serial Dental Embezzler

DEC 2021 • Kansas dentists in the Johnson County (Olathe) area are warned to be on the lookout for JUANITA SIMONE JOHNSON (DOB :...

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Dec 2

PRUETT,NANCY (Serial Embezzler, NV, TX)

PRUETT,NANCY also known as CASTILLO,NANCY, and RICHEY,NANCY is a convicted dental serial embezzler currently incarcerated at the CHRISTINA MELTON CRAIN UNIT in Texas and...

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Nov 30

Man caught on camera stealing from pediatric dentist office

AVON, Ind. — Police in Avon are searching for a thief targeting dental and medical offices. Investigators released a surveillance picture of the suspect...

Nov 22

Judge orders woman to pay $30,184 in restitution to Bay County dentist

BAY CITY, MI — A local woman who admitted to embezzling money from the dentist she worked at has been ordered to pay back...

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Nov 22

Former employee accused of stealing over $500k from west side doctor’s office

An audit revealed that Adams allegedly stole over $500,000. A woman is now under arrest, accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from...

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Nov 4

New Haven man accused of stealing more than $80,000 from a dentist office.

WEST HAVEN, CT — A New Haven man is accused of stealing more than $80,000 from a dentist office in West Haven while he...

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Oct 29

Dentist’s Bookkeeper gets 6 months for embezzling $120K

“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...

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Oct 28

Painting stolen from Honolulu dentist nearly 50 years ago returned to owners

JUL-2021 • A painting by iconic artist Margaret Keane that was stolen from a Honolulu dental clinic nearly 50 years ago was turned over...

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Oct 13

“An abuse of trust and friendship”

8 years for woman who scammed employer, relatives, friends of $3.6M Teresa Adamos Pereda victimized dozens of friends, relatives and members of her church...

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Sep 16

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