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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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Sep 16

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...

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Sep 12

Joplin woman charged with stealing from dental office

The dentist owner discovered checks she believed were forged using her signature stamp.

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Sep 6

Collier County woman arrested for stealing thousands from dental practice.

A Collier County Florida woman was arrested after investigators said she stole more than $50,000 from her employer. Donna Marie Rothermel, 47, is facing...

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Sep 6

Woman embezzled nearly $60,000 from local doctor, likely to get community control

A Muskingum County woman pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to charges of theft related to her involvement in embezzling money from a local doctor. Highlights...

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Aug 30

Woman gets jail time and probation for embezzling from local vet clinic

REXBURG, ID — A former employee of a Rexburg veterinary clinic will spend the better part of a year in jail after she was...

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Aug 26

Glendale man gets over 3 years for impersonating dentists and swindling banks out of $2.1 million

A Glendale, CA man was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty last May to using the stolen identities...

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Aug 2

Bay Area dental embezzlement case is somehow linked to massive probe of Hells Angels murder investigation.

A relatively minor federal fraud case came about after federal agents raided a Santa Rosa home as part of their massive probe into the...

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Jul 29

El Dorado woman arrested in Ruston for fraudulent prescriptions

Jun 2021, RUSTON, La. (KTVE/KARD) — An El Dorado woman was arrested in Ruston on June 11 for fraudulently obtaining prescription medication. According to...

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Jul 14

Baltimore Job Training Center Raided by Feds was run by Convicted Dental Embezzler

“Between January 1996 and June 15, 2002, she stole $851,167 from Dr. Ernest Colvin’s accounts,” according to court documents. “She accomplished this by writing...