A Wisconsin dentist could face decades in prison after he intentionally broke and drilled holes in patients’ teeth so he could charge them for repairs, allowing him to take home millions from procedures.
Scott Charmoli, 61, of Grafton, has been convicted of five counts of health care fraud and two counts of making a false statement about his patients’ treatment. He will face up to 10 years for each fraud count and a maximum of five years for each of the false statement counts, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Charmoli was found guilty March 10 of giving his patients more crowns for their teeth than 95 per cent of other dentists in Wisconsin from 2016 to 2019. On average, dentists gave out six crowns per 100 patients. Charmoli gave out more than 30 per 100 patients,
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