Big Money in 1997 -- Wisconsin Manager Paula M. Sullivan Sentenced for $800k Embezzlement

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Paula M. Sullivan, 45, a former office manager at the downtown Chicago dental practice of Katz & Gershenzon Ltd., was sentenced to one year in federal prison after pleading guilty to bank fraud. Sullivan embezzled more than $800,000 from the practice over nearly seven years by forging hundreds of checks drawn on the firm's account.

Sullivan managed the practice located at 30 N. Michigan Avenue. Formerly a resident of Wilmette, Illinois, she had relocated to Whitewater, Wisconsin (WI), by the time of sentencing.


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