06/13/2016
Former California state Sen. Ronald Calderon signed a plea agreement over the weekend in which he admitted to admitted to arranging 30000 in payments to his son from Michael D. Drobot in exchange for legislation that would have allowed Drobot to make substantial amounts of money by performing
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10/31/2016
Fund named Tantuwaya as a defendant in July 2015 when State Fund amended its complaint sue providers it accuses of accepting kickbacks from Michael D. Drobot former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach.
The carrier alleged Tantuwaya an orthopedic spine surgeon was paid kickbacks for procedures
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11/18/2013
By Greg Jones Western Bureau Chief
The California State Compensation Insurance Fund failed to include any allegations of actual fraud in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act complaint the carrier filed against Michael D. Drobot his son and the companies they own according to
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05/22/2018
The spinal surgery kickback scheme at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach was essentially a victimless crime in part because Californias workers compensation system has a prior-approval process to determine whether procedures are medically necessary Michael R. Drobot argues in a new court filing
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05/22/2015
petition to add doctors who it alleges received kickbacks or other improper inducements from Michael D. Drobot or his son Michael R. Drobot as part of an alleged conspiracy to overbill for spinal hardware and prescription drugs. The carrier said in court filings that attorneys representing both Drobots
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05/05/2014
committee to conceal the source of bribe payments. He pleaded not guilty and is free on 25000 bail.
The indictment alleges that Calderon accepted 30000 from Michael D. Drobot former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach who sought to fend off legislative and regulatory efforts to repeal the
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09/23/2014
hospital and its lien representative 2500 and the cost of the defense attorney fees for insisting on a trial without having relevant and probative evidence to establish its claim.
Former Pacific Hospital owner Michael D. Drobot earlier this year pleaded guilty to charges that he paid kickbacks to
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02/09/2015
. Attorney's Office leaked a sealed affidavit to Al Jazeera America to smear him because he refused to assist in a sting operation. The leaked affidavit contained allegations that Calderon accepted a 60000 bribe from an undercover agent and took 28000 from Michael D. Drobot the former owner of Pacific
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06/25/2015
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He's also alleged to have accepted 30000 from Michael D. Drobot former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach.
The indictment alleges that Calderon in June 2012 arranged a meeting between Drobot and a person identified as "Senator C" to discuss a proposal to repeal the pass-through on spinal
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01/17/2017
admitted to accepting bribes from an undercover FBI agent and from Michael D. Drobot the former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach. He turned himself in on Jan. 9 to start serving his 42-month prison sentence.
Although the U.S. District Court Judge Christina A. Snyder on Dec. 14 approved Ron
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