Former Stamford Dentist Office Manager Sentenced For Fraud

STAMFORD, CT — A former Stamford dental office manager was sentenced to 12 months and one day of prison for defrauding insurance companies.

Elena Ilizarov, 45, worked at Advanced Dentistry and between 2005 and 2016 billed 37 private dental insurance companies for services that were allegedly performed by an identity theft victim for patients of Advanced Dentistry.

The victim was a dentist who was affiliated with the officer for a short period of time who later retired. Ilizarov earned more than $1.2 million through the scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney District of Connecticut Office.

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Between 2011 and 2015, approximately $581,729 was paid by private insurance companies to Advanced Dentistry for services allegedly provided by the retired dentist. As a result, the insurance companies issued 1099 forms to the Internal Revenue Service pertaining to the retired dentist.

In 2015 and 2016, ILIZAROV renewed the retired dentist’s Connecticut dental license and controlled substance registrations, paying for the renewals with her personal credit card. She also applied for, and received, liability insurance in the name of the retired dentist for several years.

ILIZAROV was arrested on a federal criminal complaint on June 21, 2016. On March 13, 2017, she pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
Judge Bolden will issue a restitution order within 30 days.