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Medical professionals indicted in multi-million dollar kickback and bribery scheme

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - A complex investigation into one of the largest cases of workers' compensation health care insurance fraud in department history has led to 13 indictments announced today against seven Southern California-based medical professionals. This is the second wave of indictments against attorneys, doctors and medical providers who ripped off nearly 20 insurance companies by taking kickbacks totaling nearly half a million dollars for treatments, including chiropractic, pain management, echo cardiograms and even sleep studies resulting in millions of dollars of fraudulent workers' compensation insurance claims.

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Action Details

  • Date:January 29, 2016
  • Agency:California Department of Insurance
  • Enforcement Types:
    • State Enforcement Agencies