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Administrator Pleads Guilty in Referral Scheme

04/18/2017
by Prime and Medex. Carlos Arguello who owned and controlled Providence Medex and Prime pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in July 2016. He is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 8. Fermin Iglesias who also had an ownership interest in the three companies in December

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Providence Scheduling Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud in Referral Scheme

04/05/2017
Scheduling was at the center of a scheme to refer injured workers to doctors and set a quota for services doctors would have to prescribe to receive more referrals. Providence and its owners Carlos Arguello and Fermin Iglesias assigned a value to certain ancillary procedures doctors would be required to

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Insurance Committee Chairman Requests Audit of Anti-Fraud Activities

03/28/2017
false statements to Medicare and Medi-Cal. Carlos Arguello a Chula Vista businessman who pleaded guilty in August to a single count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for accepting kickbacks to refer patients to specific chiropractors. Daniel Dahan a former chiropractor in Long Beach

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Accused Chiropractor Leading Constitutional Challenge to Fraud Reforms

02/17/2017
patients to Pacific Hospital. Ivar has more than 400 liens with an estimated value of more than 2.5 million. Dr. Thomas M. Heric a physician in Los Angeles who was convicted in 2001 and 2008 of making false statements to Medicare and Medi-Cal. Carlos Arguello a Chula Vista businessman who pleaded

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Capper Pleads Guilty, Admits Referral Scheme Generated Profits of $5 Million

12/14/2016
Iglesias says he Carlos Arguello and a third defendant Miguel Morales received kickbacks and bribes from providers of diagnostic imaging services. It was part of the conspiracy that Iglesias Carlos Arguello Miguel Morales and Providence Scheduling knowing that the payment of bribes and kickbacks

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DIR Says Indicted or Convicted Docs Hold $600M in Liens

08/22/2016
of any criminal wrongdoing. Steven Rigler a chiropractor in San Diego who pleaded guilty to federal charges of accepting kickbacks for patient referrals. Carlos Arguello who controlled and operated Prime Holdings International. according to federal prosecutors. He pleaded guilty to a

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Capper Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy in Comp Kickback Case

08/05/2016
An investigation by federal agents into Southern California workers' compensation fraud has netted another guilty plea the latest from a San Diego-area marketer who is accused of accepting kickbacks for referring patients to medical providers. Carlos Arguello pleaded guilty to a single count

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Attorney Who Paid for Referrals Blames Greed, Stupidity

07/19/2016
commodities and billing opportunities" O'Keefe told the grand jury on Dec. 1 according to the report. O'Keefe who is now barred from practicing law testified that many of his clients were referred by Centro Legal a recruitment firm run by Carlos Arguello. An FBI agent testified that Arguello engaged

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Hacking Complaints Losing Steam, Court Papers ID Links to Criminal Indictments

03/01/2016
court in San Diego in 2014 Carlos Arguello and Fermin Iglesias owned or controlled Providence Scheduling. The federal indictment was unsealed in January as prosecutors from San Diego County and the U.S. Attorney's Office announced a spat of arrests in an ongoing FBI investigation dubbed "Operation

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DWC Terminates QME Status of Chiropractor Following Plea Agreement

02/19/2016
Arguello referred patients to Rigler. Iglesias Arguello and Miguel Morales set a quote for the value of services Rigler was expected to prescribe to the injured workers referred to him by Providence Scheduling. For example Rigler received a credit of 30 to 60 for patients referred for MRIs but

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