Pennsylvania's Lois Lombardo pleads guilty to steal of $140K from dental practice
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Lois Lombardo, 56, of Cumru Township, Pennsylvania (PA), was charged with 37 counts each of forgery, identity theft, and theft by deception — 111 counts in total — after investigators determined she had embezzled approximately $140,000 over six years from Forry & Huber Associates, a Spring Township dental practice where she served as business manager.
Lombardo had been employed at the practice for 28 years at the time of her arrest. She waived her preliminary hearing before District Judge Ann L. Young and remained free pending further court action.
Update: Guilty Plea and Sentence
Berks County court records show Lombardo pleaded guilty on November 19, 2010 to felony receiving stolen property, and Judge Peter W. Schmehl sentenced her the same day to a five-year intermediate punishment program, beginning with nine months of electronic home monitoring — for which she was required to pay $8 per day for the equipment. The court ordered restitution of more than $172,000, which the docket’s financial ledger shows was ultimately satisfied through payments and insurance subrogation.
Source: Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System — Commonwealth v. Lois Lombardo, CP-06-CR-0000851-2010 (Berks County).
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