9
Dec
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :employee theft, Oceanside dentist, updated | No Comments
A former bookkeeper who was sentenced last month to eight years in prison for stealing from Dr. James Hargas’s dental office was ordered Tuesday to pay more than $1.5 million in restitution.
Assets seized from Wafford’s Temecula home and her bank account amount to about $8,000 and several vehicles and with at least 4 years in jail with no income, it is unclear how much money Dr. Hargas is likely …
7
Oct
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :Dr. James Hargas, embezzling $1.6 million, Oceanside dentist, prescription drug fraud | 1 Comment
A Temecula bookkeeper, Victoria Lee Wafford, agreed to plead guilty to one count of grand theft for embezzling $1.6 million from the Oceanside dental office where she had worked, a prosecutor said.
In exchange for the guilty plea, she will be sentenced to eight years in prison. She had faced 60 counts related to embezzlement, theft, and prescription drug fraud and could have been sentenced to nearly 50 years in …
