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#13 • How to Positively Identify Patients
It could happen to your office: a new patient uses someone else’s identification to falsely obtain dental benefits coverage. When discovered, the insurance company will recover its payment from you. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that you will then be able to recover your fee from the patient. Download as a word document How to Positively […]
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Man allegedly altered, cashed checks he stole from kids dentist office
01/18/19- LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. — Police are looking for a 26-year-old man accused of stealing letters containing checks from a mailbox and cashing them. An arrest warrant charges Anthony Selkirk with six felony counts of forgery and a single misdemeanor count of theft, court documents show. Between November 19-20, Selkirk allegedly stole three letters containing checks […]
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Former cancer care office manager admits embezzling $1.6 million from Northampton practice
UPDATE: Roxanne Tubolino of Belchertown sentenced to serve 3 years and 3 months in federal prison, SPRINGFIELD: The former office manager of a medical practice in Northampton pleaded guilty in U.S. District Courtto embezzling $1.6 million from the group over five years, and shielding the lion’s share of the theft under purported supplies for cancer […]
Read MoreEx-IT head accused of stealing $800K from nonprofit North County clinic
The former head of information technology at the nonprofit North County Health Services, which provides services to low-income people, pleaded not guilty Friday to siphoning nearly $800,000 from the organization. Hector Ramos, 55, was charged with 49 counts related to the loss of the money, which authorities said happened over the course of eight months […]
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Dental assistant accused of stealing gold and silver scrap
Dental assistant accused of stealing precious gold and silver scrap Updated November 3, 2016 at 1:27 PM; Posted November 3, 2016 at 12:21 PM Gina L. Stahlnecker (Upper Allen Township police) As embezzlement cases go, this one is more than a little unusual. Dental assistant Gina L. Stahlnecker has been charged by Upper Allen Township […]
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Employer blasts dental centre receptionist Annette Higgins who stole $9,802
PUBLISHED: 07:43 GMT, 8 October 2015 | UPDATED: 09:51 GMT, 8 October 2015 An alcoholic dental centre receptionist was accused of having ‘no remorse’ after being sentenced to community work, community detention and supervision when found guilty of stealing $9,802 from her employer. Stuff.com reports that Annette Myra Higgins, 45, from Cambridge in New Zealand had control of accounts […]
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Woman accused of $127k theft from doctor
(Photo: OCC) A Simsboro woman is facing multiple theft charges after reportedly stealing after $127,000 from her employer. According to an arrest report for Jacqueline Pridgett, 46, 165 Fellowship Ext., Simsboro, a local medical doctor filed a complaint with the West Monroe Police Department on June 13. The doctor told officers she had promoted Pridgett […]
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Lewisburg bookkeeper accused of stealing $250K from dental practice
August 15th 2017 LEWISBURG, Tenn. — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said authorities arrested a Tennessee woman in Colorado for stealing from a dental practice. According to the TBI, 43-year-old Aleea Nash was arrested Monday in Colorado. Agents said she is accused of stealing more than $250,000 while working as a receptionist and bookkeeper for a […]
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Dental staffer faces $42K embezzlement charges
PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN 6) — A local dentist was hours away from being evicted, and his business shut down, because his former office manager failed to make payments on the lease, and pocketed the cash for herself, according to office staff. Rob Yauger is the current manager for Dr. David Carothers Family & Cosmetic Dentistry. […]
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Woman accused of embezzling over $4 million from physicians businesses
A prominent Wichita woman embezzled millions of dollars from two physician-owned businesses that provide services at Wesley Medical Center, a lawsuit says. The lawsuit, filed last week in Sedgwick County District Court, identifies the woman accused of embezzling as Nancy J. Martin, longtime business administrator for Emergency Services P.A. and Mid-Kansas Wound Specialists P.A. Both […]
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