Louis Santillan, Former Dr. Sim Hoffman Bill Collecting Supervisor, Continues Testimony In Westminster Branch of Orange County Superior Court On Day 2 Of Prelim Over Massive Workers’ Compensation Billing Fraud
It was September 2nd, Wednesday, and Louis Santillan, who worked for Dr. Hoffman from 2001 to 2007, was still on the stand in the late morning. Shaddi Kamiabipour asked Santillan if he was able to satisfy Beverly Mitchell in convincing her he had not inflated his commissions. But Santillan replied he was able to... Read More
Louis Santillan Takes The Stand In The People vs. Sim Hoffman, M.D. In Orange County
The same witness, Fernando Rodriguez, the Certified Interpreter who testified on Tuesday, September 1st, in this case of the People vs. Sim Hoffman, M.D. and Thomas Heric, M.D., returned to the stand as court opened yesterday morning in the Westminster Superior Court in Orange County, California. This was the second day of the Preliminary Hearing. It... Read More
Sim Hoffman, background, and his lawyer Bill Fleming, foreground, leave the preliminary hearing in Westminster on September 1, 2015. copyright Lonce Lamonte, all rights reserved
Preliminary Hearing for Sim Hoffman, M.D. workers’ comp billing fraud case, starts in Westminster with first witness on the stand
This morning at 8:30 am, the People vs. Sim Hoffman, M.D. and Thomas Heric, M.D. began proceedings in court room C-55 in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, California at 700 North Civic Center Drive. Before the case was even called, three rolling carts with three shelves each of at least eight huge three-ringed binders... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Case Of Workers’ Compensation Billing Fraud In Orange County Hangs On Coat Tails of Kareem Ahmed and Landmark Medical. Still No Ruling From Court Of Appeal.
As of yesterday morning, June 24th2014, there was still no answer from the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three in Orange County on the issues presented to that court in a Writ of Mandate ordered by the California Supreme Court on behalf of the defense in the case of The People versus Kareem Ahmed,... Read More
Four Years And Sim Hoffman, M.D. Has Not Yet Made It To Trial. Preliminary Hearing Continued To September 1st
It was four long years ago last month that the Orange County District Attorney first indicted Sim Hoffman, M.D. along with Thomas Heric, M.D. – together with Hoffman’s office manager and bill collector–for workers’ compensation billing fraud. Today, after that first 884 count indictment was thrown out by Superior Court Judge William Froeberg in December 2013,... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D., Case Of Workers’ Compensation Fraud Trailed Once Again To May 15th 2015 In Orange County Superior Court
The case of The People vs. Sim Hoffman, M.D., and Thomas Heric, M.D., in Orange County Superior Court for eighteen million dollars in workers’ compensation insurance fraud, has been continued once again. The Preliminary Hearing was set for yesterday, March 10, 2015, but did not happen, for one, as the prosecutor is away from the court... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. And Thomas Heric, M.D. Finally Plead Not-Guilty In Orange County Superior Court After Demurrer Denied
Sim Hoffman, M.D. and Thomas Heric, M.D. were finally arraigned in Orange County Superior Court on Friday, November 7th 2014 and appeared again in court for pre-trial proceedings on November 14th 2014. They both pled not-guilty; they denied all the allegations and the enhancements. The not-guilty pleas happened after Hoffman’s demurrer was denied. A... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D.’s Lawyers Filing Demurrer In Orange County Superior Court; arraignment on this $18 million workers’ comp fraud case continued to November 7th 2014.
Sim Hoffman, M.D. was a lone figure outside the court room on the morning of September 11th, Thursday, sitting on the bench on the opposite wall from C-57 in the Orange County Superior Courthouse. He sat there alone in a beige suit with a soft red tie and a pair of shiny brown loafers with tassels.... Read More
