Embezzlement by Dental Receptionists
Receptionists handle cash, run patient payments, and post adjustments — three operations that account for a meaningful share of the embezzlement Prosperident investigates. Our archive contains 17 cases involving dental receptionists charged with or convicted of theft from the practices that employed them.
The thefts in this category tend to be smaller per incident than office-manager or bookkeeper cases, but they often run continuously over years and accumulate to substantial totals. Cash skimming, patient credit-card misuse, and adjustment fraud are the dominant patterns. Many of these cases involve secondary offenses — prescription-pad theft, identity theft of patients, or insurance fraud. Pattern recognition matters. If something you read here feels familiar, call Prosperident at 888-398-2327 before assumptions harden into evidence problems.
- Manhattan dentist receptionist Annie Vuong stole patient info to buy $700K in Apple gift cards; sentenced to two years in prison — $700K (New York)
- West Virginia dental receptionist LaDonna Johnson accused of steal of $250K — $250K (Virginia)
- Patricia Conley, Former Receptionist her Husband, and Two Banks in South Carolina sued for steal of $100K — $100K (South Carolina)
- California dental receptionist Holly Ann Keate sentenced for steal of $47K — $47K (California)
- Monmouth Prosecutor Accuses Receptionist Gina Lena of Steal of $25,000 from NJ Orthodontist — $25,000 (New Jersey)
- UK Dental Receptionist Adele Ballantyne Jailed for a Year for Steal of £20,000 — £20,000 (UK)
- Nebraska receptionist Loretta Jean McClure suspected of steal of $11k from dentist — $11k (Nebraska)
- Massachusetts receptionist Cindy Deleon charged with steal of $10k — $10k (Massachusetts)
- NC Dental receptionist Anita Reed faces embezzlement, drug charges for steal of $3,400 — $3,400
- West Virginia Receptionist Cynthia Hartley Charged With Embezzlement; faces 10 year sentence for steal (Virginia)
- New Zealand embezzlement -- Jury finds dental receptionist Annette Myra Higgins guilty of stealing from boss (New Zealand)
- Texas receptionist Angela Lee Collum stole patient identities to buy Vicodin; stole 19 identities (Texas)
- Dental office receptionist Donna Macli among those indicted in 2007 Wall St. Stock Loan Probe
- Don't see this one every day ... Missouri receptionist Shirley Scheets convicted of steal from her father's practice -- sentenced to 18 months in prison (Missouri)
- St. Louis dental receptionist Nicole Miller charged with stealing, drug offense (Minnesota)
- VA receptionist Rebecca Hundley charged in prescription scam -forged 3 scripts
- Receptionist Melinda Miller among 15 charged in Northampton County PA illegal prescription/heroin ring (Pennsylvania)
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