Stamford Dental Office Manager Pleads Guilty to $500k+ Fraud

STAMFORD, CT — A former dentist officer manager pleaded guilty to defrauding private insurance companies after she used a retired dentist's information to submit false claims.

Elene Ilizarov, 44, of Stamford pleaded guilty to wire fraud. She worked at Advanced Dentistry and between 2005 and 2016 she billed private dental insurance companies for services allegedly performed by an identity theft victim for patients of Advanced Dentistry, according to the U.S. Attorney District of Connecticut office.

The victim dentist was affiliated with Advanced Dentistry for a short time and retired fully in 2011.

Ilizarov renewed the retired dentist's Connecticut dental license and controlled substance registrations and paid for renewals with her own credit card. She also obtained liability insurance in the name of the dentist for several years.

Sentencing hasn't been scheduled yet. She had been free since June 2016 on a $500,000 bond.

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