The case of Sim Hoffman, M.D., with its tens of millions of dollars in alleged workers’ compensation claims frauds, continued on in the Orange County Superior Court in the year 2018. Hoffman’s preliminary hearing was now three years in the past. Delay… delay… delay… had been the name of the game from his defense team. ... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D., A Case Ten Years In The Making. His Alleged Workers’ Compensation Claims Frauds Were First Indicted in Orange County in 2011. His Trial Now on Calendar for November 3rd 2021.
Sim Hoffman, M.D., a radiologist, who had practiced in Buena Park, California, when he was first indicted in 2011 by the Orange County District Attorney, has his trial now on calendar for Wednesday, November 3, 2021. Hoffman had a multispecialty practice operating in full swing during the onset and continuing into this current century until... Read More
Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE
Interinsurance Exchange’s $7,870,557.89 Judgment Against Fraudster Stands
Proactive Insurer Has to Fight to Renew Judgment Against Convicted Fraudster—Now insurer may collect on default judgement. In People Of The State Of California, ex rel. Interinsurance Exchange Of The Automobile Club Of Southern California v. Alex Semyon Mirsky, B297321, California Court of Appeals, Second District, Seventh Division (September 21, 2021) Alex Semyon Mirsky appealed... Read More
We All Do it Fraud The California Court of Appeal, in Cassim v. Allstate Insurance Co., 94 P.3d 513, 33 Cal.4th 780, 16 Cal. Rptr.3d 374 (Cal. 07/29/2004), was faced with a trial verdict of bad faith against an insurer that it found was based upon prejudicial final argument leading the jury to believe that “some... Read More
CEO Kareem Ahmed in the court room in 2014
Landmark case proceedings for ruling on Kastigar motion continued for the eighth time in Orange County. Prosecution could lose entire case over egregious attorney-client privilege violations.
The Landmark Medical Management case ruling that was on calendar to take place in Orange County Superior Court at 10 am last Friday, August 27th 2021, in the court room of the honorable Sheila Hanson, C-35, once more did not happen. It was continued again… as it has been continued again and again and again.... Read More
Jon Woods’ lawyer files motions to compel documents to prove Carlos Arguello is still practicing his same legal-marketing scheme from prison. His goal is to prove Woods was not part of the conspiracy.
It’s a strange experience to walk into a court room and see everyone wearing a face mask. But that was the surreal vision that was inside court room C-40 of the honorable Patrick Donahue in Orange County Superior Court for the proceedings of defendant Jon Woods on Friday, August 20th 2021. Jon Woods is a... Read More
Dr. Munir Uwaydah, circa 2008. Photo copyright Lonce Lamonte, all rights reserved
Dr. Uwaydah Case In DTLA: Judge puts protective order on witness Shannon Devane’s proffer and daily testimony. Prosecutor adamant to prevent Uwyadah’s reprisals on witnesses.
On the afternoon of January 28, 2021, in the downtown L.A. courtroom of Judge Larry Fidler, presiding over the preliminary hearing of Leticia Lemus, a former manager for the Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah, witness Shannon Devane told Leticia’s attorney she spoke to numerous applicants’ attorneys about their clients not getting their medications or their medical... Read More
Munir Uwaydah, June 2010, copyright Lonce Lamonte
Dr. Uwaydah Fraud Case In DTLA. Prosecutor voices concern that defense attorney is asking questions of the witness just to fish for information for Dr. Uwaydah.
Deputy district attorney Dayan Mathai came back on the record on January 28th 2021 after requesting a short break to talk to the attorney of the witness Shannon Moore Devane. After the way the cross examination had been going by George Shohet, defendant Leticia Lemus’s defense counsel, Mathai was concerned about Shohet as Dr. Uwaydah’s... Read More
