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Work Comp Adjuster And Chiropractor Co-Conspirator Arrested By Los Angeles Authorities In $1.6 Million Operation Nicknamed Lien On Me

Lonce Lamonte | October 29, 2020

A workers’ compensation claims adjuster, Agop Sarafian, 65, of La Crescenta, and a chiropractor, Shahe Topjian, D.C. 65, of Granada Hills, were arrested on felony insurance fraud charges after allegedly conspiring to defraud State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), by setting up fake workers’ compensation lien payments and receiving over $1.6 million.

In November 2019, another State Fund employee noted a suspicious lien payment issued by Sarafian and advised a Special Investigator for SCIF regarding his-her concerns. SCIF initiated an investigation and discovered that Sarafian had processed 459 lien payments to Topjian over a period of twelve years.

The case was referred to the Department of Insurance for further investigation.

The Department’s investigation, dubbed Operation Lien on Me, revealed Sarafian created and approved 459 lien payments for Topjian between 2007 and 2019.

Unfortunately, the name Operation “Lien On Me” is disadvantageous to the successful business called Lien On Me which was founded by Beverly Hartin in the 1980s and is today led by co-CEO Goldie Galstjan. Lien On Me negotiates and resolves liens for workers’ compensation claims payers. They are today located in Glendale.

April Rose Ambrosio, San Diego dentist, is sentenced in nearly $900,000 fraudulent billings scheme. She falsely claimed she performed 800 root canals on 100 patients over four years.

Lonce Lamonte | October 21, 2020

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Lonce Lamonte | October 20th, 2020

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Judge Dismisses $18 Million in Liens Claimed by Michael Barri, Chiropractor Convicted of Fraud and Suspended by California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation

Lonce Lamonte | October 1st, 2020

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Dr. Uwaydah Case In L.A. Still Waiting To Hear From The Court Of Appeal. Judge Muses On How To Proceed With Intertwined Motions; But Is Adamant Witness Marisa Schermbeck Nelson Will Testify.

Lonce Lamonte | September 19th, 2020

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Defense Moves To Dissolve 186.11 Injunction As Prosecution Files Writ to Court of Appeal in Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case in Downtown L.A.

Lonce Lamonte | September 14th, 2020

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Bakersfield Driver, David Lee Williams, Charged For Alleged Insurance Fraud After An Auto Collision

Lonce Lamonte | September 3rd, 2020

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Atwater Construction Worker Arraigned For Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud. Meliton Hernandez Martinez Allegedly Attacked A Former Marine Who Reacted In Self-Defense.

Lonce Lamonte | August 13th, 2020

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Work Comp Adjuster And Chiropractor Co-Conspirator Arrested By Los Angeles Authorities In $1.6 Million Operation Nicknamed Lien On Me

April Rose Ambrosio, San Diego dentist, is sentenced in nearly $900,000 fraudulent billings scheme. She falsely claimed she performed 800 root canals on 100 patients over four years.

Michael Ray Williams, electrician, of Daly City, California, sentenced for workers’ compensation insurance fraud

Judge Dismisses $18 Million in Liens Claimed by Michael Barri, Chiropractor Convicted of Fraud and Suspended by California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation

Dr. Uwaydah Case In L.A. Still Waiting To Hear From The Court Of Appeal. Judge Muses On How To Proceed With Intertwined Motions; But Is Adamant Witness Marisa Schermbeck Nelson Will Testify.