Linda Gregg, former manager of South Carolina dental office gets 6 years in prison for steal of hundreds of thousands of dollars

Linda Gregg, 54, a former office manager for a dental practice in St. Stephen, South Carolina, was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that she diverted tens of thousands of dollars from the practice. The guilty plea was entered in a Moncks Corner courtroom. A six-year prison term is among the more significant sentences imposed in dental embezzlement cases in the United States.

Sources: Post and Courier — sentencing coverage (guilty plea to breach of trust over $10,000; ten years suspended to six, plus three years of probation, imposed by Judge Roger Young); Berkeley Observer. The dentist later won a civil judgment of $569,371.47 against the 25-year employee.