Where are they now? Serial Dental Embezzler: Irina Chernyahkovsky / Karen Fooks
Irina Chernyakhovsky a.k.a Irina Fooks, Karen Fooks, Irina Rabkin Irina Chernyakhovsky is a career serial embezzler and fraudster who stole from at least 6 (some say 10+) dental dental practices, five banks and insurance companies in the Greater Toronto Area between 2005 and 2016. Irina has been imprisoned twice for financial crimes; 2009 – 2 […]
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Little Rock dental embezzler gets 12 years for $218,000 theft; ‘you kind of disgust me,’ judge says
The former office manager for a Little Rock dentist was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday for stealing at least $218,000 from the practice over a five-year period. The prison term is symbolic — one year in the penitentiary for each year Angela Kay Henson worked for Cobb Family Dentistry on Baseline Road and […]
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Florida woman stole $50K from doctor’s office where she worked
Oct 2018 – A Tavernier woman was arrested this week after detectives say she stole more than $50,000 in cash over the course of five years from the doctor’s office where she worked and handled bank deposits. Mary Ellen MItchell-Irizarry, 40, was arrested on felony fraud and larceny charges Wednesday and released later that day […]
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Bookkeeper embezzled $150K from oral surgeon
March 2019 A bookkeeper for a Gainesville oral surgeon accused of embezzling more than $150,000 from him over two years and laundering it through a school PTA was arrested by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Friday. Heather Candace Hushelpeck, 43, of 3027 NW Fourth Terrace, was charged with grand theft of $100,000 or more, embezzlement […]
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Stamford Dental Practice Employee Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Embezzling More Than $100k
Dec 2013 – Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BARBARA O’HARA-LEONE, 53, formerly of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling from a Stamford dental practice. According to court […]
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FBI crime statistics show more women were arrested for embezzlement than men
Report shows 57 percent of embezzlers are women, and law enforcement agencies agree. (Marquet Report on Embezzlement) “In dentistry, the majority of offices employ women in financial positions so 99% of my cases involve female embezzlers. Many of my largest cases involved stealing small sums of money over time. These schemes can continue for years, […]
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Lorain County women charged after allegedly writing prescriptions using stolen pad from dentist’s office
One of the women used to work for a dentist! APRIL 12, 2019, ELYRIA, OH — Two county women were indicted on multiple felony counts for allegedly writing prescriptions for medications with prescription pads stolen from a dentist. Bridget Dorsey, 31, of Lorain, and Camilla Sandanger, 28, of Elyria, each are facing counts of deception […]
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47 year old female dentist sentenced to 30 months in jail for healthcare fraud
“I wanted to bring this story of dentist fraud to your attention because of the similarities with employee fraud – and the potential implications for dentists they are not prepared.” – Bill Hiltz When insurance companies detect fraudulent claims are being sent from your office – you know their focus will be first on you. […]
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