Michael Clair, the former owner of Harbour Dental in the New Harbour Mall, pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud and to charges that he substituted paper clips for stainless steel dental posts in dental procedures.
Clair will be sentenced on Jan. 30 in Superior Court.
Clair, 53, now of Maryland, was scheduled to begin trial today in Superior Court on a total of 15 charges including fraud, assault, illegally prescribing drugs and coercing office staff to remain quiet about the conduct.
Instead, he offered to plead guilty to two counts of assault, three counts of larceny, five counts of Medicaid fraud, three counts of writing illegal prescriptions, one count of tampering with evidence and one count of intimidating a witness, according to a release from Attorney General Martha Coakley.
Clair remains free on bail pending his sentencing.
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