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2017 in Review: Fraud Prosecutions Head to Sentencing as Related Civil Cases Start Moving

12/29/2017
called Operation Spinal Cap who remained free to allow prosecutors to measure their cooperation and usefulness as government witnesses are scheduled to be sentenced in 2018. Michael D. Drobot the former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach and mastermind behind the kickback scheme in February

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Settlements in State Fund RICO Case Worth at Least $8.2 Million

04/09/2014
By Greg Jones Western Bureau Chief The California State Compensation Insurance Fund entered three settlements worth a total of 8.28 million with Michael R. Drobot Jr. to resolve disputes about what it now says were fraudulently inflated bills court documents show. The settlements were filed

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Drobot Defendants May Seek to Stay State Fund RICO Suit

12/02/2013
Attorneys for Michael D. Drobot said in court filings that they might ask the federal court in Los Angeles to stay a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act complaint filed against him by the California State Compensation Insurance Fund pending the outcome of a possible criminal

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Doctor Sentenced to 21 Months for Referrals in Kickback Scheme

02/21/2018
owner Michael D. Drobot who was sentenced to more than five years in prison in January netted 75000 a month for referring primarily workers compensation patients to surgeons with specific instructions to perform spinal fusions only at Pacific Hospital. The monthly payments were lowed to 60000 at

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Feds Pitch QMEs to Decide Necessity of Surgeries in Kickback Case

08/08/2018
patients who had medically unnecessary procedures sustained a bodily injury and could qualify for restitution. Attorneys for Michael D. Drobot the former owner of the hospital and his son Michael R. Drobot have argued in court filings that surgeries were approved by qualified medical evaluators

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Second Large Consolidation Voids $2M in Liens

11/16/2018
individuals convicted of fraud and dismiss them unless the defendant can prove the bills are not fraudulent. The first large consolidation was of liens filed by Micheal R. Drobot in the Pacific Hospital of Long Beach scandal. Records show how the lien consolidations case by case are erasing millions of

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Chiropractor Sues Knox Ricksen for Extortion

05/12/2015
Superior Court Judge Richard E. Rico granted an anti-SLAPP motion filed on behalf of Knox Ricksen Kabateck Brown Kellner and Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy. Rico dismissed as a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation a complaint filed by Michael D. Drobot former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long

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Prosecutors Recommend One Year in Prison for Tom Calderon

09/12/2016
the governor received a 200000 campaign contribution from companies controlled by Michael Drobot former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach. Drobot also gave 150000 to Calderon in 2001 the newspaper reported. Tom Calderon is not alleged to have done anything improper regarding campaign

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Spinal Surgery Marketer Arrested Ahead of Sentencing

09/29/2017
Compensation Insurance Fund in a civil racketeering case. State Fund in 2013 filed the civil complaint against Michael D. Drobot and his son Michael R. Drobot accusing the two of paying kickbacks to providers who referred workers' comp patients to have spinal surgeries performed at Pacific Hospital of

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AIG Sues Dozens Over Spinal Surgery Kickbacks

11/06/2017
Tuesday with the U.S. District Court for Central California are based primarily on statements in plea agreements that have been signed by Michael D. Drobot his son Michael R. Drobot and marketers Paul R. Randall and Linda Martin each of whom AIG named as defendants in the filing. The older Drobot

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