Dental Embezzlement Cases — Oral Surgeon Practices
Prosperident has documented 38 dental embezzlement cases affecting oral surgeon practices across North America. Each case listed here has reached the public record through criminal proceedings, civil litigation, or regulatory action. No dental specialty is immune from embezzlement risk — oral surgeon practices face the same vulnerabilities as any other dental office.
Embezzlement in oral surgeon practices typically involves employees in financial roles: office managers, billing coordinators, and front desk staff who process insurance claims and patient payments. Common methods include fraudulent insurance submissions, manipulation of patient account balances, and diversion of cash or check payments before they are deposited. Because these employees often control the records used to detect theft, losses routinely go undetected for two or more years and frequently exceed $100,000 before they are uncovered.
If you suspect embezzlement at your oral surgeon practice, Prosperident offers confidential consultations at 888‑398‑2327 — contact us here. Prosperident has conducted more than 4,000 embezzlement investigations over 35+ years and recovers money for the dentists it works with in the vast majority of cases. Everything you share is held in strict confidence and there is no obligation.
Documented Cases — Oral Surgeon Practices (38)
- 15 month Prison term for Pennsylvania oral surgeon Dr. Donald Dinello Jr. in theft, prescription fraud case
- Angelina Mulholland of New Mexico charged with steal of $17k from Durango dentist
- Ballantyne NC dentist Dr. Steven Ghim charged with steal from partner, ordered to repay $864K
- Colorado assistant Amber Hyatt sentenced for drug tampering
- Custodian Kari Anne Edwards charged with 2 counts of steal of drugs from Mankato MN oral surgery practice
- Dania Shaar of Buffalo NY Withdraws Guilty Plea in Dental Office Steal - Realized She Was Going to Jail for 2 Years for Steal of $36K
- Dental Office Employee Danielle Stevens commits steal of medication
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- Ex-employee Mary Frank gets prison for steal of $300,000 from Utica NY dentist
- Florida Bookkeeper Heather Hushelpeck Sentenced to Two Years for Embezzling $280K from Oral Surgeon
- Florida woman sentenced to 15 years for embezzlement
- Florida's Sharon Kieler sentenced for Grand Larceny
- Former New Hampshire Employee Leslie Brown Accused of Dental Office Embezzlement for steal of $60K
- Former OKC Oral Surgery Center Employee Erin Marie Bokemper Facing Embezzlement Charges $24K, Suspected in Steal From Patients
- Former PA dental office manager Heather Smith sentenced for theft
- Former Valencia County NM dental practice employees Pamela Suniga and Barbara Hussey charged with trafficking prescription painkillers, steal of $17K
- Illinois Bookkeeper Patricia Gaffney gets five years for steal of $127,000
- Louisiana's Kelly Muller Admitted Steal of $189,000 from Oral Surgeon's Office - Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
- Nadine Royter, Non-dentist Owner of Minnesota Dental Practice, Charged with Steal of $100k from Medicaid
- New Bern, NC's Kristin Hauber Charged with Steal of $7K from Oral Surgery Practice
- NJ office manager Barbara Reinhard convicted for steal of $215k from OMS practice, gets five days in jail
- Nova Scotia's Leza George jailed for 25 months on dozens of fraud charges
- NY Bookkeeper Mary Ellen Schilling Pleads Guilty to Steal of $164k from Oral Surgery Practice; Repaid Money to Avoid Jail Term
- NY's Sheila Shattuck pleads guilty to steal of $4K
- Ohio mother and daughter Alberta Faye Clark, and Tammie L. Creamer sentenced for steal of $200k from dentist
- Ohio Oral Surgery Employee Karen Seguin Charged with 8 counts for Steal of Fentanyl from Office
- Ohio's Jenny Draime Adams has Embezzlement Convictions for Steal >$100K
- Ohio's Maryann Schafer pleads guilty - three year sentence
- Pennsylvania Dental Assistant Belinda Dietrich Sentenced to Year for Forging Prescriptions
- Pennsylvania office manager Jill E. D'Angelo sentenced to 41 months for fraud -- Steal of $475k
- Police: Ohio OMS Office Employee Brittany Roehm Swapped Painkillers for Saltwater
- Prosperident busts Washington's Kimberly Klaudt in $130K theft
- Prosperident helps another victim obtain justice -- Jennifer Leslie sentenced for defrauding Ontario dentist of $420,000
- Receptionist Melinda Miller among 15 charged in Northampton County PA illegal prescription/heroin ring
- Sherry Eckel of NM Pleads Guilty to Steal of more than $300k from Oral Surgeon; Gets Probation
- Shirley Dunn Charged With Steal of $395k from Minnesota Practice; Cites Financial Difficulties. Total Suspected $800k.
- Troubled Florida oral surgeon Dr. John Rowe pleaded guilty to embezzling from practice where he worked; sentenced to 3.5 years in prison
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