Attorney General Ellison sends over $38,000 in refunds to consumers harmed by defunct dental clinic

Settlement enables consumers to obtain refunds of fees they paid for dental services that were not provided from Consumer Protection Restitution Account

September 3, 2026 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office has sent the first round of refund checks to consumers who were harmed by Omega Dental Care, a former Eden Prairie dental clinic owned and operated by Anne Soberay.  The refund checks follow a settlement Attorney General Ellison reached with Omega Dental Care and Soberay, and a claims process where consumers verified they paid fees out of pocket for services that were not completed.  

So far, the Attorney General’s Office has issued 8 checks totaling $38,634.  Attorney General Ellison used funds from the Consumer Protection Restitution Account (CPRA) to provide refund checks.  The CPRA was created by the legislature to allow the Attorney General’s Office to restitute consumers harmed by companies that went bankrupt or were otherwise incapable of providing restitution themselves.  The Attorney General’s Office continues to review claims and follow up with consumers to verify information. 

“If you paid for a service and the business providing it shuts down before delivering, you could qualify for CRPA restitution,” said Attorney General Ellison. “I’m pleased that my office has been able to step in and start to deliver refunds to Minnesotans who lost money when Omega Dental Care closed. Now that the Consumer Protection Restitution Account is up and running, my team and I can use some of the restitution we win from bad actors to compensate people who’ve been cheated. It’s important that the money we win while enforcing consumer protection laws is now going to help the very people who’ve suffered unfair and illegal financial harm through no fault of their own.”

Attorney General Ellison encourages anyone who believes they may be entitled to a refund under the settlement to contact the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office by calling (651) 296-3353 (Metro area) or (800) 657-3787 (Greater Minnesota), or by submitting a complaint on the Attorney General’s website.

Background on the Consumer Protection Restitution Account

The CPRA was created by the Minnesota Legislature to be a fund that, among other things, is available to restitute consumers who were harmed by companies that have gone bankrupt or for some other reason are unable to make consumers whole. Prior to the CPRA, whenever the Attorney General’s Office won a judgment or negotiated a settlement that required the defendant to pay civil penalties to the state of Minnesota, those funds typically went to the state’s general fund. Now, the Attorney General may deposit recovered funds into the CPRA and distribute them to scam or fraud victims who cannot receive restitution from the entity that cheated them.