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CTV News
2 days ago
- CTV News
Czech police nab fake dentist with dozens of patients
Prague, Czech Republic -- A fake dentist and two assistants who treated dozens of patients after learning the trade on the internet have been charged in the Czech Republic, police said Wednesday. The three family members opened a fully equipped dentist's without a licence or the necessary expertise in the central Czech town of Havlickuv Brod in 2023, police said. A 22-year-old man posing as a dentist provided check-ups but also extracted teeth, gave root canal treatments and applied anesthesia, drawing on information obtained online. A 50-year-old woman worked as a nurse, while a 44-year-old man providing the premises produced prosthetic devices for patients. 'The woman, who worked in the health sector, provided anesthetics but also other dental material to which she had access, such as fillings, cleaning powder, glue, impression material and much more,' police said in a statement. Asked by AFP if some of the patients complained, local police spokeswoman Michaela Lebrova declined to comment. The illegal clinic treated dozens of patients and raked in a total of four million Czech koruna (US$185,500), police said. Police detained the trio earlier this month and charged them with doing illegal business, money laundering, attempted battery, drug dealing and theft. All three had a clean criminal record. They have been provisionally released after pleading guilty, and face up to eight years in prison, police said. Facing a shortage of dentists, the Czech parliament last year passed a bill facilitating the employment of dentists from countries outside the European Union, of which the Czech Republic is a member. AFP
The Guardian
2 days ago
- The Guardian
Fake dentist charged by Czech police after treating dozens of patients
A fake dentist and two assistants who treated dozens of patients after learning the trade on the internet have been charged in the Czech Republic, police said on Wednesday. The three family members opened a fully equipped dental practice – without a licence or the necessary expertise – in the central Czech town of Havlíčkův Brod in 2023, police said. A 22-year-old man posing as a dentist provided check-ups but also extracted teeth, gave root canal treatments and applied anaesthesia, drawing on information obtained online. A 50-year-old woman worked as a nurse, while a 44-year-old man providing the premises produced prosthetic devices for patients. 'The woman, who worked in the health sector, provided anaesthetics but also other dental material to which she had access, such as fillings, cleaning powder, glue, impression material and much more,' police said in a statement. Asked by AFP if the patients had complained, the police spokesperson Michaela Lebrova declined to comment. The illegal clinic treated dozens of patients and raked in 4m Czech koruna (£138,000), police said. Police detained the trio earlier this month and charged them with conducting illegal business, money laundering, attempted battery, drug dealing and theft. All three had a clean criminal record. They have been provisionally released after pleading guilty, and face up to eight years in prison, police said. Facing a shortage of dentists, the Czech parliament last year passed a bill facilitating the employment of dentists from countries outside the EU, of which the Czech Republic is a member.
BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
Czech fake dentist gave root canals after reading online instructions, say police
A 22-year-old fake dentist and two assistants have been charged by Czech police after treating dozens of patients using instructions found on the internet. Police said the three family members opened a surgery without a licence in their family home in Havlickuv Brod two years ago and treated patients without any "necessary professional knowledge".They added that the 22-year-old man extracted teeth, performed complex root canals and applied anaesthesia, drawing on information he had obtained pleaded guilty to a number of charges, police said, and face up to eight years in prison. Police did not say whether any of their patients had complained about their treatment. A 50-year-old woman worked as a nurse, while a 44-year-old man produced prosthetic devices for illegal clinic treated dozens of patients and made four million Czech koruna (£137,827, $185,500), police said."The woman, who worked in the health sector, provided anaesthetics but also other dental material to which she had access, such as fillings, cleaning powder, glue, impression material and much more," police said in a statement."A 22-year-old man posed as a dentist, although he lacked the necessary professional knowledge."Police spokeswoman Michaela Lebrova declined to comment on whether the force was acting on complaints from three were arrested earlier this month, before being charged this week with operating an illegal business, money laundering, attempted assault, drug dealing and theft. All have pleaded guilty, police president of Czech dental chamber, Roman Šmucler, said that he had an average of 10 fake dentist cases reported a year in the country."I have two more submissions today, so today there are three cases in the Czech Republic," Šmucler told Czech media outlet Radiožurná Czech parliament last year passed a bill facilitating the employment of dentists from countries outside the EU.
