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Docs Who Accepted Kickbacks Filed $93 Million in Liens

12/01/2015
. Drobot owner of Pacific Hospital pleaded guilty in April 2014 to paying kickbacks and conspiracy to defraud a federal health care program. Prosecutors initially said the scheme defrauded workers' compensation carriers out of 500 million. Last week they said the scheme cost California comp

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SCIF Dismisses Bernadett From RICO Case Following Settlement

06/16/2016
closely with Michael D. Drobot and his son Michael R. Drobot to funnel money to doctors who performed services at or referred patients to Pacific Hospital. According to the complaint the Bernadett family trust owned Abrazos Health Care Inc. from 2005 through 2010. The company held shares in

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Doctor in Pacific Hospital Case Ordered to Forfeit $1.6 Million

03/08/2018
faces up to three years in federal prison during a sentencing hearing Friday. Michael D. Drobot the former owner of Pacific Hospital was sentenced to 63 months in prison fined 500000 and ordered to forfeit 10 million in criminal proceeds in January. Drobot pleaded guilty in 2014 to one count of

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Jury Acquits Surgeon on Kickback Charges

08/17/2021
attorney for the management company Michael Tichon that the agreement was legal valid and customary the statement reads. Dr. Obukhoff testified that he had done more than 1000 surgeries at Pacific Hospital prior to the option agreement and that he did not know that Michael D. Drobot and the

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Tom Calderon Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering

06/07/2016
to the plea agreement. Ronald Calderon was also accused of accepting 30000 in bribes from Michael D. Drobot former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach to fend off regulatory and legislative efforts to repeal the duplicate payment for hardware used in spinal surgeries. Ron Calderon

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Providers Request Consolidation in SCIF Case

11/02/2015
Medical providers recently named as defendants in State Compensation Insurance Fund's two-year-old fraud complaint against Michael D. Drobot say the claims against them should be consolidated with a separate complaint against another group of providers the carrier is suing for their alleged role

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SCIF OK with Consolidating Kickback Cases

11/17/2015
State Compensation Insurance Fund said in court filings it does not object to combining a civil fraud case against Michael D. Drobot and his son with a separate case it filed against doctors who allegedly accepted kickbacks from the Drobots so long as consolidation doesn't result in any further

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Knox Ricksen Wins Third Anti-SLAPP Case

12/21/2015
chiropractor who accused the firm of extortion was a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. The decision comes on the heels of two other rulings citing California's anti-SLAPP laws in dismissing a pair of complaints Michael D. Drobot filed accusing the firm and others of malicious prosecution. In

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Judge Disqualifies SCIF Attorneys in Racketeering Suit Against Drobot

03/22/2016
After pushing its racketeering claims against former Pacific Hospital of Long Beach owner Michael D. Drobot for almost three years the State Compensation Insurance Fund is going to have to find itself a new legal team. Michael D. Drobot On Monday U.S. District Court Judge Andrew J

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Doc Demands Jury Trial in SCIF Case

11/04/2016
. Meanwhile federal prosecutors on Tuesday asked the same federal court in Santa Ana to delay the sentencing of Michael R. Drobot until May to allow him to testify in other related criminal cases. Drobot pleaded guilty in January 2015 to conspiring to defraud a federal health care program and paying

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