BOSTON -- The state attorney general's office has sued three former dental offices in the state whose workers allegedly persuaded low-income patients to get expensive and often unnecessary dental work they could not afford.
The suit filed in Suffolk Superior Court last week names 15 defendants, including a dentist, dental office business managers, and corporate entities that authorities allege were created to conceal unlawful operations.
Prosecutors also allege the scheme defrauded finance companies and insurers.
Hundreds of patients were left with dental problems and heavy debt after the defendants abandoned operations in Fall River and Weymouth.
A judge also issued a temporary restraining order that prohibits the defendants from practicing dentistry in Massachusetts.
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