May 1, 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 Woodbury Dental Arts, a former Woodbury dental clinic owned and operated by Marko Kamel. The refund checks follow a settlement with the Chapter 7 Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of Woodbury Dental Arts 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 received 341 claims and has issued 76 checks, totaling $1,047,209.82. Attorney General Ellison used funds from the newly created 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. An online refund tracker created by the Attorney General’s Office that lists the number of claims received, the number of refund checks sent, and the total amount refunded will be updated as additional refund checks are issued.
“When Marko Kamel lost his dental license and shut down Woodbury Dental Arts, he left a lot of Minnesotans in a terrible position,” said Attorney General Ellison. “People paid thousands of dollars upfront for procedures they never received. Some were even in the middle of multi-step dental procedures that simply had to be halted, leaving them worse off than when they began the procedure. The Minnesotans harmed here deserve restitution, and I’m pleased to have begun that process by sending out over $1 million in refund checks. My office will continue to do everything we can to protect consumers and secure justice for people across our state who have been cheated or defrauded.”…