Long Beach financial advisor Tom Fallon sentenced to over 10 years in state prison after embezzling nearly $1 million from workers’ compensation claimants
Tom Fallon, a 65-year-old Long Beach insurance agent, was sentenced Thursday, July 18th 2019 in the Long Beach Superior Court after being convicted in an open plea of 25 criminal counts of money laundering and grand theft. Fallon was sentenced to 10 years and four months in state prison. Restitution was ordered in the amount... Read More
Bruck Curnick, Former Vice President Of Landmark Medical, Pleads Guilty To One Count Of Conspiracy To Commit Fraud On Friday In Orange County Superior Court
Bruce Curnick, who was the vice president of marketing and sales for Landmark Medical Management in Ontario, California, pleaded guilty Friday morning, July 12th, in a plea deal with deputy district attorney Shaddi Kamiabipour of the Orange County DA’s office. Curnick, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy from the original indictment which was... Read More
Three More Doctors Indicted Out Of Pacific Hospital Spinal Surgery Kick-Back Scheme
Three more doctors have been charged by the federal government in connection with Michael Drobot Sr.’s kick-back scheme for mostly spinal surgeries at Pacific Hospital in Long Beach. It has been estimated that more than $580 million in fraudulent bills were submitted to mostly workers’ compensation payers in an approximately 15 years period leading up to... Read More
Dr. Munir Uwaydah Said He Spent 4.5 Million Dollars On Defense Counsels According To Witness Paul Turley, D.C. In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case In Downtown Los Angeles
In Department 106 on Friday morning, on the ninth floor of the downtown LA criminal court house, Judge Larry Fidler opened up proceedings for the Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah case with a statement that the court has some concerns. His concerns are that there is conflict in this case concerning counsel. There is testimony that... Read More
Paul Turley, D.C. Still Scheduled To Testify On Friday In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case In Downtown L.A.
Paul Turley, D.C., is still on calendar and scheduled to testify in the Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah case in downtown Los Angeles at 10 am this Friday, June 28th 2019. Paul is a court witness. Judge Larry Fidler wants to question him and allow the lawyers in the case to interrogate him, as well, concerning... Read More
Paul Turley, D.C. To Testify In Dr. Uwaydah Criminal Organization Case In L.A. Judge Concerned With Turley’s Proffer Stating Uwaydah Controls Everything From Lebanon.
The Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah case, being heard in downtown Los Angeles, is set for further proceedings in Department 106 in Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Friday, June 28th 2019. Paul Turley, D.C., who worked for Dr. Uwaydah for over a decade ostensibly as his second-in-command but had no power in the criminal... Read More
Jon Woods, Applicants’ Attorney, Now Faces Charges From California State Bar Court
Workers’ compensation applicants’ attorney, Jon Woods, after escaping a conviction for criminal misconduct in Orange County Superior Court on 37 felony counts that ended in a hung jury on April 17th 2019, now has a further complaint filed against him by the California Bar Association dated May 22nd 2019. His retrial in Orange County Superior... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. exits Orange County Superior Court as he looks at his cell phone. 2019. Photo by Lonce Lamonte, all rights reserved.
No Trial Date Yet For Dr. Sim Hoffman. His Eyes Are Bloodshot As He Sits In The Court Room In Santa Ana After Eight Years Of Being Prosecuted.
Dr. Sim Hoffman, the radiologist who practiced predominantly in Buena Park back when he was indicted for workers’ compensation billing fraud by the Orange County District Attorney in May of 2011, sat in the very back row leaning against the wall on Friday morning, May 31st 2019. He was in court room C-45 on the... Read More
