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Month: July 2019
Idaho’s Tina Felshaw Has Several Convictions
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Tina Felshaw of Coeur d’Alene, ID, might be someone to watch out for. Tina, who also sometimes goes by the name Tina Tevebaugh, pled guilty in 2018 in Spokane, WA to felony identity theft.
In a separate offense, Tina was also found guilty in Spokane of felony theft of over $5,000 and was sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to make restitution of just under $7,000.
Tina has also had a couple of motor vehicle violations in the years 2014-2015 where, notably, she did not pay the fines assessed and the court had to send them to collection agencies.
Tina declared bankruptcy in 2012 and again in 2015.
Tina has reportedly has worked at several dental offices in the Spokane / Coeur d’Alene area, and we are told that some of her part employment relationships may have ended abruptly.
Tina contacted us by email in August 2019 and asked that her post be removed from our website. Her request implied both that she is still working in the dental field and that her current employer is unaware of her past.
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Big Money in 1997 — Wisconsin Manager Sentenced for $800k Embezzlement
A former office manager for a downtown dental office was sentenced to one year in prison for embezzling more than $800,000 from the business over nearly a seven-year period.
Paula M. Sullivan, 45, formerly of Wilmette and now of Whitewater, Wis., pled guilty to bank fraud.
Sullivan, who managed Katz & Gershenzon Ltd.’s dental practice at 30 N. Michigan Ave., forged hundreds of checks drawn on the firm’s account, authorities said.
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Another British Embezzlement – Manager Accused of Stealing £302,680 (approx. $375,000)
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THE practice manager at a Taunton dental practice has been accused of stealing more than £300,000 from one of the dentists working there.
Leanne Mary Daniell is to stand trial accused of stealing £302,680 belonging to dental practitioner Mike Biccard, of Parkfield Dental Surgery Ltd.
Daniell, 39, is also charged with committing fraud while occupying a position in which she was expected to safeguard or not to act against the financial interests of the dental practice.
She is alleged to have dishonestly abused her position as practice manager intending to make a gain to the value of £302,680 for herself.
During a hearing at Taunton Magistrates’ Court last Thursday, the case was sent to trial after a “plea of not guilty or none was indicated.”
The court heard that the alleged offences took place between April 1, 2010, and September 3, 2016.
Daniell, of The Witheys, Bristol, also uses the alias Leanne Mary Jeffrey, according to court documents.
The case was sent to Taunton Crown Court for trial by jury on June 17 or a date to be decided by the court.
The defendant was released on unconditional bail.
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Content retrieved from https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/17668422.leanne-mary-daniell-to-stand-trial-for-alleged-theft-and-fraud-at-parkfield-dental-practice-taunton/
Embezzlement is not a Recent Phenomenon; This Case From 1942
Embezzlement in dental practices has been going on pretty much since dentists began practicing. The following is a case report for an unsuccessful appeal of an embezzlement conviction in 1942. The conviction involved theft of $550, which was probably significant money at that time. The victim was Dr. Robert Kyle, a Los Angeles dentist.
OPINION
McCOMB, J.
From a judgment of guilty on two counts of grand theft, after trial before the court without a jury, defendant appeals. There is also an appeal from the order denying her motion for a new trial.
The evidence being viewed in the light most favorable to the People, and pursuant to the rules set forth in People v. [65 Cal. App. 2d 570] Pianezzi, 42 Cal. App. 2d 265, 269 [108 P.2d 732], the essential facts are:
Robert S. Kyle, complaining witness, was a practicing dentist in Los Angeles, California, and defendant was his dental assistant. Among her other duties defendant received checks from Dr. Kyle’s patients and kept his books. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation sent Dr. Kyle a check for $300 in payment of dental work. This check defendant endorsed with Dr. Kyle’s name and deposited the amount in her own account contrary to Dr. Kyle’s instructions to deposit the check in his savings account. On another occasion Dr. Zieler gave a check in the sum of $250 to Dr. Kyle for dental services. This check defendant endorsed and cashed without Dr. Kyle’s permission and did not deliver the proceeds thereof to Dr. Kyle.
Defendant relies for reversal of the judgment on two propositions which will be stated and answered hereunder seriatim:
[1] First: There is not sufficient evidence to sustain the court’s findings that defendant was guilty on two counts of grand theft.
This proposition is untenable. The complaining witness, Dr. Kyle, gave direct evidence sufficient to sustain a finding as to each of the facts set forth above. Conflicting and contradictory evidence must be disregarded by this court. (See People v. Pianezzi, supra.)
[2] Second: The trial court committed prejudicial error in receiving evidence that in August, 1942, defendant had endorsed three checks which were payable to Dr. Kyle and deposited them in her own account, since the most recent charge of grand theft in the indictment was alleged to have taken place March 12, 1942.
This proposition is likewise untenable. For the purpose of establishing fraudulent intent in a prosecution for grand theft in the nature of embezzlement evidence is admissible of acts of a similar nature committed by defendant before and after the date of the act upon which the conviction is predicated. (People v. Talbot, 220 Cal. 3, 17 et seq. [28 P.2d 1057].)
For the foregoing reasons the judgment and order are and each is affirmed.
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Content retrieved from https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2d/65/569.html