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Clinton Township man to be sentenced for running unlicensed dental practice in basement

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CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — A Clinton Township man accused of running an unlicensed dental practice out of his home will be sentenced Thursday.

Leka Gjokah pleaded guilty to charges of operating without a license.

A search warrant revealed a dental practice containing items with a dentist chair, x-ray machine, utensils, molds for teeth and other items.

Investigators believe he may have operated the practice for up to a year. He reportedly told police that he was seeing one to two patients in his home per day, using his church as a word-of-mouth referral service.

Gjokah's family says he had no bad intentions, but prosecutors say he preyed on his patients for money.

Watch the sentencing here at 8:30 a.m.