California dental receptionist Holly Ann Keate sentenced for steal of $47K
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Holly Ann Keate, 24, a former office manager for a dental practice in Roseville, California (CA), was sentenced to one year in Placer County Jail for embezzling more than $47,000 from the practice’s business accounts. The case illustrates that even younger employees in positions of financial trust can cause significant harm when adequate oversight and controls are absent.
Cases of dental office embezzlement are, at their core, a breach of trust and a form of employee theft that can go undetected for years.
Source: Placer County District Attorney — press release (no-contest plea to grand theft by embezzlement; one year in county jail, five years of probation, and $47,431 in restitution — she was arrested at Sacramento airport boarding a flight to Hawaii).
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