Articles About Embezzlement

We live in a society that is becoming increasingly “cashless.” The convenience of using debit and credit cards for transactions started the trend. Society’s shift toward online commerce added fuel

We recently were asked this question by a dentist and thought that discussion of psychological testing for dishonesty is something that we should address. Wouldn’t it be nice if there

Overview Both insurance companies and dental practices have long appreciated the convenience of electronic funds transfers as a method of payment. From an insurance company’s perspective, EFTs provide an economical

The chorus in the financial press is growing that a storm of recession is on the horizon. Inflation has been described as “too much money chasing too few goods.” The

Should I call the police if I think I have been embezzled? I have recently been involved in a couple of Facebook discussions that had a common element that I

Let’s think about the control systems in place in your practice.  Everything from the “balancing” done by staff at the end of each day to what you as a practice

Dental practice financial management requires a practice owner to have some involvement in the financial operations of their practice. One consequence of the digitization of our world is that increasingly,

A common theme at conferences and in dental media lately is a shortage of people to hire ,and hiring properly has become a high challenge.  The sustained pre-Covid economic boom

Sooner or later, every practice owner receives this unwelcome news.  Your office manager quits suddenly. He or she is the key to the smooth functioning of your office.  A thousand

Our CEO once said that embezzlers will happily fill gaps in a practice’s policies to their advantage.  So what are these policy vacuums, and how do embezzlers exploit them? We