Arlene Marchese and Karen Wright, former New Jersey dental office employees, sentenced to probation; ordered to repay $200K
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Arlene Marchese, 35, of Wayne, and Karen Wright, 44, of Wyckoff — both former employees of Belmont Dental Associates in Haledon, New Jersey — admitted to stealing $200,000 from the practice, having each worked there for more than a decade. Collusion between two long-tenured employees is a particularly effective mechanism for circumventing internal controls: each can cover for the other and validate transactions that a single employee acting alone could not rationalize.
This case adds to Prosperident's growing archive of dental practice theft and embezzlement cases across North America.
Update: Sentencing
At sentencing, both women received probation and agreed to pay $200,000 in restitution to the practice. The pair had diverted insurance reimbursement checks into an account they controlled over a six-year period before the dentist’s inquiry to an insurance company exposed the scheme.
Source: DrBicuspid coverage of the sentencing.
Sources: DrBicuspid; Wayne Patch.
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