Vermont office worker Valerie Mason receives six months sentence in $120k embezzlement
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Embezzlement cases like this one represent one of the most common forms of workplace theft affecting dental practices.
Valerie Mason, a dental office employee in Lamoille County, Vermont will spend six months in jail for embezzlement.
Valerie Mason stole $120K
Police say Mason, 37, of Wolcott, stole $120,000 from Gary Morris' dental office in Morrisville. She allegedly wrote more than 120 unauthorized checks over two and a half years.
Along with the jail time, Mason was ordered to pay $92,000-- the amount of the financial loss not covered by the dental office's insurance company.
Source: Brattleboro Reformer — charge coverage ($120,777.86 taken through roughly 128 unauthorized checks between August 2006 and April 2009). The six-month jail sentence has not been independently verified.
Cases Like This Are Far More Common Than Most Dentists Realize.
Most dental embezzlement goes undetected for years—and the average loss is in the tens of thousands of dollars. Prosperident's First Look Financial Review can tell you right now whether your practice has a problem.