Articles About Embezzlement

A common theme at conferences and in dental media lately is a shortage of people to hire.  The sustained pre-Covid economic boom was already exerting pressure on the labor supply,

Sooner or later, every practice owner receives this unwelcome news.  Your office manager, who is key to the smooth functioning of your office, is leaving.  A thousand thoughts race through

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

Some insurance companies make payments to practices by creating a virtual credit card with a credit balance and then providing the card number. The practice can then enter the credit

That is an excellent question. Embezzlement protection involves a few big steps and a lot of small items.  For this post, let’s address the big items. They are proper hiring,

We have noticed an interesting phenomenon in dentistry. When you look at all types of business in aggregate, “whistleblowers” are responsible for detecting 43% of embezzlement. However, when you narrow

Editor’s note — this article is an extract from the upcoming second edition of David Harris’ book Dental Embezzlement; The Art of Theft and the Science of Control, expected to

We are featuring some excerpts from the upcoming second edition of David Harris’ book Dental Embezzlement; the Art of Theft and the Science of Control. Embezzlement has been around since

The following is an excerpt from the upcoming second edition of David Harris’ book Dental Embezzlement; the Art of Theft and the Science of Control The Narcissistic Sociopath Like every

While most of this website is oriented towards owners of dental practices, we would be remiss if we didn’t address the topic of associate dentists. Associates can become embezzlement victims