An Olympia, Washington dentist filed a civil lawsuit alleging that receptionist Bobbi Current and bookkeeper Kelli Flynn stole an estimated $800,000 from his practice, with a parallel criminal investigation also initiated. The alleged involvement of two employees working in concert — one covering the reception function and the other the bookkeeping — illustrates how collusion can effectively neutralize internal controls and enable theft on a very large scale.
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