Missouri's Sandra Brandes Sentenced to 15 months for Bank Fraud; forfeits airplane to dentist she worked for - steal of $77k
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Sandra Brandes, 42, of Ottawa, Kansas (MO), was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison without parole by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays for a bank fraud scheme in which she embezzled approximately $77,000 from the dental office where she worked. As a condition of her plea agreement, Brandes was required to forfeit an airplane to the dentist she had defrauded. The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.
This matter is documented as part of Prosperident's ongoing tracking of embezzlement and employee theft in the dental industry.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, W.D. Missouri — sentencing release (15 months in federal prison for bank fraud of roughly $77,000, forfeiture of the RV-9A kit airplane to the dentist, and $15,000 in restitution to the insurer).
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