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Two plead no contest to $60 million workers' compensation scam
CSLEA, CACI-member investigators help end Los Angeles duo's medical and legal brokering scheme
The amount is astronomical. And as part of a plea bargain, it has vanished--all $60 million of it. On Feb. 19, Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley announced an end to the medical-and-legal, workers' compensation brokering scheme of David Wayne Fish and Birger Greg Bacino, after each man's pleaded of no contest to a felony count of compensation or inducement for referring clients. More... |
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Curious case of Chula Vista abortion doctor takes another twist
-- Major back story: Importance of Medical Board investigators
He first surrendered his license in 2002 in a case involving the death of two infants. Five years later, he persuaded the Medical Board of California that he had rehabilitated himself and received his license back. There, the story of Andrew Rutland, M.D., might have ended. But last year, in what the Los Angeles Times reported was an "ill-equipped and unsanitary back room of an acupuncture clinic in San Gabriel," Dr. More... |
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New officers elected to CACI Board of Directors
-- Plans for 2010 also layed out
The California Association of Criminal Investigators (CACI) held its annual meeting and conference at the Riverside Hotel in Laughlin, Nevada on the weekend of October 10, 2009. Due to the controversy relating to the loss of the Columbus Day holiday, the conference was consolidated into a one day event. More... |
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Vicodin will not alleviate persistent investigators
CSLEA, CACI members stop forged prescription scam in Los Angeles
A Los Angeles woman was booked on $100,000 bail Wednesday (Sept. 9), after CSLEA and CACI-member investigators with the Medical Board of California, Los Angeles Police Department, and the Health Authority Law Enforcement Task Force arrested her for forging prescriptions for Vicodin. More... |
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CSLEA investigators from three agencies uncover $50 million in alleged workers’ compensation insurance fraud
-- Record discovery the result of determined pursuit from CACI- and CAFI-affiliate peace officers
CSLEA-member investigators from three state agencies – Department of Insurance Fraud Division, Employment Development Department, and Franchise Tax Board – have uncovered a combined $50 million in workers’ compensation insurance fraud from two separate investigations.
Jewelry, Ferraris, and the American Express Black Card
In the first case, Orange County prosecutors have charged a Laguna Hills couple, Michael Vincent Petronella, 50, and his wife, Devon Lynn Kile, 42, with 106 felony counts for a $38 million workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme called the largest of its kind in state history. More... |
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