California Office Manager Deborah Kessler Guilty of Steal of More Than $100,000 -- Sentenced to Two Years in Jail

Deborah Kessler, 45, a former office manager for dental practices in Orange County, California, was sentenced to two years in jail after pleading guilty to charges that she embezzled more than $100,000 in insurance reimbursement payments by signing them over to her personal bank account. Diverting insurance reimbursement checks to a personal account is one of the most consistently documented methods of dental practice embezzlement and is directly enabled by the absence of independent bank statement review.

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