Colorado's Cheryl Dunlap Received 15-Year Probation for Steal of $250k From Orthodontist

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Cheryl Dunlap, 46, a bookkeeper at John Traul Orthodontics in Glenwood Springs, Colorado (CO), was sentenced to 15 years of probation and ordered to repay $252,087 for embezzling that amount over a ten-year period — receiving no prison time. Dunlap wrote 111 fraudulent company checks to herself totaling $252,087.62 between April 1999 and February 2004. The fraud was discovered when the practice owner reviewed financial records and identified the unauthorized disbursements.


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