Former employee Cynthia Rodriguez accused of steal of $85K from Florida dental office
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Cynthia Rodriguez, the finance coordinator at Pembroke Pines Dental Associates in Broward County, Florida, was arrested for embezzlement after her employer, Dr. Hakan Kinaci, discovered money missing from the practice. Investigators alleged she diverted 237 patient checks totaling $85,353 between July 2012 and December 2013. She was booked into the Broward County jail and released on $5,000 bond.
No public record of the final disposition of her case has been located.
Editor’s note: this summary was reconstructed from contemporaneous reporting after the original article text was lost.
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