Embezzlement by Dental Practice Bookkeepers
Bookkeepers — whether in-house or contracted — sit at the financial choke point of every dental practice. Prosperident's archive includes 19 cases of bookkeeper-perpetrated theft. The role's authority over both the accounting records and the bank reconciliation gives a dishonest bookkeeper the ability to conceal theft for years, sometimes decades, by adjusting the same records that would otherwise expose it.
Practices that share a bookkeeper across multiple offices, or who rely on a single trusted bookkeeper without independent oversight, face the highest exposure. The cases below include several in which the dentist's CPA reviewed financials annually and detected nothing — because the bookkeeper was the source of the financials the CPA reviewed. Worried about something similar happening in your own office? A confidential conversation with Prosperident takes thirty minutes. Call 888-398-2327.
- Michael Doughty, Husband of Washington bookkeeper accused of laundering in $1.9M Steal — $1.9M (Washington)
- Dana Thompson, Walla Walla educator, bookkeeper, 7th Day Adventist, embezzles $823k, sentenced to 18 months in prison — $823k (Washington)
- Oregon Bookkeeper Jodi Lynne Setzer bags nearly $500K, builds swimming pool. Sentenced to three years. — $500K (Oregon)
- Illinois Bookkeeper Roxana Dusanek Charged with Stealing $400,000 from Dental Office; bail set at $300k — $400,000 (Illinois)
- Texas Bookkeeper Francisco Hernandez-Limon Accused of Steal of more than $300,000 From Dentist — $300,000 (Texas)
- Florida Bookkeeper Heather Hushelpeck Sentenced to Two Years for Embezzling $280K from Oral Surgeon — $280K (Florida)
- Tennessee bookkeeper Aleea Nash accused of steal of $250k from dental practice — $250k (Tennessee)
- Australian bookkeeper Jason Andrew McWilliam charged with 'substantial' steal >$200K — $200K (Australia)
- NY Bookkeeper Mary Ellen Schilling Pleads Guilty to Steal of $164k from Oral Surgery Practice; Repaid Money to Avoid Jail Term — $164k (New York)
- Lodi California Dentist's Bookkeeper Sandra Salazar Malloy Pleads Guilty to Steal of $150K — $150K (California)
- Illinois Bookkeeper Patricia Gaffney gets five years for steal of $127,000 — $127,000 (Illinois)
- Maine Orthodontist's Bookkeeper Celine Davis Gets 6 Months for Embezzling $120K — $120K (Maine)
- Former South Dakota Bookkeeper Cheryl Callies Convicted Of Steal of $100K From Dental Offices — $100K (South Dakota)
- California Bookkeeper Jasmine Delafuente Pleads no Contest to Third Embezzlement Charge in Four Years for Steal of $65K — $65K (California)
- Bookkeeper Penny Lussier accused of $60K steal from Vermont dentist — $60K (Vermont)
- Connecticut bookkeeper Bernice Dohn commits steal for $60k; had 2014 conviction for embezzlement — $60k (Connecticut)
- Repeat offender -- Bookkeeper Deborah Ervin Accused of Steal of $50,000 from Long Island Dentist — $50,000 (New York)
- Former KY Bookkeeper Jennifer Priddy Faces More Charges in $17k Steal — $17k
- Michigan dental bookkeeper Wendi Torres gets jail for stealing $50-100,000 — $50 (Michigan)
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