Trusted doctor jailed after scamming patients to fuel gambling addiction
He spent patients' donated money on gambling, telling them the funds were to pay for his father's cancer treatment and his own bills
A doctor has been failed for three years after defrauding 19 people, mostly his patients, out of $812,000 to fund his gambling addiction.
Dr Abraham Stephanson appeared in the County Court of Victoria on Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges including obtaining financial advantage by deception.
