Unlicensed dentist pleads guilty to wire fraud
A former dentist has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for continuing to take people’s money and treat them after her license was revoked.
Diane Meyer, 63, formerly of the 5700 block of Cass Avenue in Westmont, accepted a sentence of 2½ years in prison in exchange, according to DuPage court records.
Meyer entered the guilty plea on Jan. 12.
The wire theft charge alleged Meyer received a check for $3,372 from a patient in April 2016 as payment for services and deposited the check into her bank account.
She had faced two counts of theft in excess of $100,000, two counts of wire fraud and one count of financial institution fraud in excess of $100,000.
According to a DuPage County grand jury indictment, the state revoked her license in 2013. But she allegedly continued to charge and treat at least 90 people until mid-2016, according to court records.
The charges were filed in 2019, and she was arrested in 2022 in Louisiana.
According to lawsuits against her, Meyer's practices were Dentistry for the Health Conscious and Holistic Dentistry of Illinois, in Downers Grove.
Online records with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation indicate her license was revoked "for violation of the Dental Practice Act." It does not give details.
Meyer will have to serve at least 50% of her sentence before being eligible for parole. She received credit for 252 days she has spent in the DuPage County jail. She had been released on bond at one point and allowed to visit Texas, where her husband was undergoing medical treatment. But she was re-incarcerated in August 2023 after she failed to attend a court hearing, according to court records. She was charged with violation of bail bond, but that charge was dropped as part of the plea deal.