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Dentist Sentenced to 3 Years for $680,000 Insurance Fraud

## Fooled 5 insurance companies with repeated claims and false procedures Reporter Yoo Hee-ra (press1@koreatimes.net) Dec 06 2025 10:03 AM Calgary dentist Alena Smedic,55,pleaded guilty to defrauding five insurance companies over a 10-year period and was sentenced to…

Dentist Sentenced to 3 Years for $680,000 Insurance Fraud

## Fooled 5 insurance companies with repeated claims and false procedures

  • Reporter Yoo Hee-ra (press1@koreatimes.net)
  • Dec 06 2025 10:03 AM

Calgary dentist Alena Smedic,55,pleaded guilty to defrauding five insurance companies over a 10-year period and was sentenced to up to three years in prison by prosecutors at a sentencing hearing held on Friday the 5th. Smedich was the operator of ‘All About Family Dental’, which at one time had the highest root canal treatment billing in Canada.

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Prosecutors have requested up to three years in prison for Smadich, a Calgary dentist who charged more than $680,000 in false medical expenses over a 10-year period, and the sentence will be decided in January. All About Family Dental

According to the agreed facts, he admitted to billing more than $684,000 in false medical bills from 2013 to 2023.In court, Judge Gord Wong confir

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