What's New in Dental News
16 Aug
51-year-old Kathy Salazar was sentenced in Superior Court to one year in prison and seven years probation for felony insurance fraud.
Salazar pleaded guilty to submitting false insurance claims for dental procedures that were never performed and then pocketing the insurance checks. Salazar was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and $88,408 in restitution to a St. Johns’ dentist she worked for more than 28 years.
Prosecutors say the case was …
9 Apr
The office manager of an East Brunswick, N.J., dental practice pleaded guilty to cheating insurers out of $45,000 by billing for services never rendered.
Magdy Rafla, 56, pled guilty to charge of second-degree health care claims fraud in a state Superior Court, according to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.
Rafla, the billing manager at his wife’s dental practice, admitted that between Feb. 9, 2004, and June 14, 2007, he …
6 Apr
The former office manager of a Washington dental clinic was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing more than $560,000 from the practice and illegally obtaining prescription painkillers, according to a story in the Columbian.
Michaelee Roehrs, 66, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree theft and seven counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. The charges relate to her embezzling money from Sheron Dental between 2001 …
23 Nov
A 24-year-old Rocklin, CA woman who worked as a dental office manager will serve one year in jail plus five years of probation for embezzling $47,431 from her employer and patients. Holly Ann Keate pleaded no contest in September to embezzling money between Aug. 2008 and Jan. 2009.
Keate used the money for vacations, laser treatment and plastic surgery. She was arrested at Sacramento International Airport on April 18, 2009 …
