A Calgary dentist who defrauded five insurance companies over a decade should spend up to three years in prison, the prosecution argued Friday.

Alena Smadych, 55, used to own All About Family Dental, once the highest billing clinic in Canada for root canals.

In an agreed statement of facts filed as part of her guilty plea, Smadych admitted to filing more than $684,000 in falsified billings between 2013 to 2023.

At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Justice Gord Wong heard that Smadych has since made full restitution.

Calgary dentist pleads guilty to fraud for billing $126K in phoney insurance claims

Smadych pleaded guilty to fraud in June for submitting more than $125,000 in phoney billing claims to Sun Life and Blue Cross insurance companies.

Since then, three more insurance companies

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