Lead prosecutor, Dayan Mathai, for the downtown LA case of the People vs. Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah, did reply concerning the status of the Writ to the Court of Appeals on November 2nd 2020. He had not replied by November 1st, the date of this writer’s last article. He stated that briefings are completed, but... Read More
Dr. Munir Uwaydah at year’s end 2008. Copyright Lonce Lamonte, all rights reserved
Uwaydah Case Prosecution In DTLA Still Waiting On Court Of Appeal. Case Crawling Even Slower With COVID-19. Next Calendar Date January 22, 2021.
The next court proceedings in the Los Angeles case of the People vs. the Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah are scheduled on calendar for Friday, January 22nd 2021. No defendant has yet been brought to trial. This case began as an indictment in September of 2015, and then it was refiled as a set of complaints... Read More
Work Comp Adjuster And Chiropractor Co-Conspirator Arrested By Los Angeles Authorities In $1.6 Million Operation Nicknamed Lien On Me
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... Read More
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.
April Rose Ambrosio, 59, of Mira Mesa, was sentenced today to six years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of insurance fraud for falsely claiming she performed 800 root canals on 100 patients in four years though she lacks the specialized training required of an endodontist to perform root canals. Ambrosio fraudulently billed... Read More
Claimant Triple Dips As Injured Electrician
Michael Ray Williams, electrician, of Daly City, California, sentenced for workers’ compensation insurance fraud
Michael Ray Williams, 37, of Daly City, was sentenced to 60 days in county jail and three years formal probation after pleading no contest to two felony counts of insurance fraud after illegally working for multiple employers while simultaneously collecting over $85,000 in workers’ compensation benefits from two different insurers. Williams repaid the State Compensation... Read More
Judge Dismisses $18 Million in Liens Claimed by Michael Barri, Chiropractor Convicted of Fraud and Suspended by California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation
An administrative law judge has dismissed liens valued at $18 million filed by convicted medical provider Michael E. Barri, bringing to a close one of the earliest cases aimed at combatting fraud in California’s workers’ compensation system. “The anti-fraud statutes that took effect in January 2017 were designed to prevent convicted medical providers from continuing... Read More
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.
Judge Larry Fidler mused early on in the proceedings of September 15th on how he’s going to have to figure out when and how to proceed. There are multiple motions going on all at the same time. And with these motions, there’s a lot of competition. Judge Larry Fidler: The problem is where we’re at... Read More
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.
Mark Kassabian, defense lawyer for defendant Kelly Soo Park in the Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah case in downtown LA, filed a motion to dissolve the 186.11 injunction on the complaint after the entire case was dismissed against his client and two other defendants in May of this present year. He pleaded his argument before Judge... Read More
