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Nov 18, 2009 5:02 pm US/Pacific

Rocklin Woman Gets 1 Year In Jail For Embezzlement

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Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Holly Ann Keate
Placer County Sheriff's Department

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A 24-year-old woman who worked as an office manager for a Roseville dentist has been sentenced to one year in the Placer County Jail for embezzling more than $47,000.

According to prosecutor Joseph Hoffmann, Holly Ann Keate of Rocklin embezzled the $47,431 from the office between August 25 and January 22, 2009. In September, she pleaded guilty to charges of grand theft by embezzlement.

Keate was also placed on five years of probation and ordered to pay back the money.

Keate's former employer, Dr. Thomas Schlehofer, wrote a letter to the judge saying Keate deceived people "with her power of authority over patients."

He went on to say: "She has abused her managerial position with malicious neglect of patients, their personal files, their credit cards and their cash. She preyed on the senior citizens of our community knowing they did not have insurance and would pay cash."

Schlehofer said Keate also caused coworkers to miss out on bonuses while she lied to him about employees' performances. The loss of the $47,341 "nearly collapsed the office."

The doctor also said Keate's actions prevented the office from sending donations to sponsored charities such as an orphanage.

Keate reportedly used the money she embezzled to take vacations, have laser treatment and elective plastic surgery.

Roseville Police arrested Keate on April 18, 2009 as she was boarding a plane to Hawaii.