Victoria Wafford, a bookkeeper for a dental practice in Oceanside, California, was sentenced to eight years in prison after embezzling $1.6 million from the practice — funds she largely gambled away on luxuries and travel. Wafford was 50 at the time of her arrest. The case demonstrates how a bookkeeper with unfettered access to practice accounts and no independent oversight can inflict catastrophic financial damage over time.
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