Yesterday morning, September 4th 2019, Sim Hoffman, M.D. and his attorney, Bill Fleming, appeared along with the prosecution in court room C-45 of Orange County Superior Court. Specially appearing for Shaddi Kamiabipour was deputy district attorney Vincent Marinaccio. This case was originally scheduled to be heard Friday, September 6th, but it was moved up on... Read More
Kareem Ahmed, the CEO of Landmark, moves in high gear from the Orange County court house on February 28th 2018. photo copyright Lonce Lamonte
Prosecution In Landmark Medical Fraud Case In Orange County Gets Into Further Hot Water With Discovery Failures
The Landmark Medical Management workers’ compensation fraud case, of over 200 million dollars in alleged fraud, will continue in Orange County Superior Court on September 16th 2019. There will be four consecutive days of a continuing “Kastigar-type” hearing. These proceedings will involve sifting out any attorney-client privileged documents or testimonies from permitted evidence in accordance... Read More
Munir Uwaydah, June 2010, copyright Lonce Lamonte
Prosecution Pushes Problem Of Conflict Of Interest In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case In Downtown L.A. Kelly Soo Park Comes To Court With An Injured Arm.
Kelly Soo Park is wearing slip-on canvas-casual black shoes with casual black and white pants as she sits on the bench against the wall. She’s seated out in the hallway near Department 106 on the ninth floor of downtown LA’s Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. She’s next to her attorney, Mark Kassabian, with his... Read More
Dr. Munir Uwaydah, circa 2008. Photo copyright Lonce Lamonte, all rights reserved
Prosecution Wants To Stop Dr. Uwaydah From Getting Discovery Documents In Order To Curtail Him From Suing Witnesses In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case in Downtown L.A.
An order to protect and seal all discovery in the Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah case in downtown Los Angeles was signed by Judge Kathleen Kennedy on September 25th 2015. This was only 10 days after the case was opened. So, the prosecution even starting back then, from the very beginning, was deeply concerned with Dr.... Read More
Dr. Munir Uwaydah at year’s end 2008. Copyright Lonce Lamonte, all rights reserved
Prosecution Accuses Defense Of Leaking Protected Document When They Were Actually The Leakers In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case In Downtown LA
It was just after 10 am on Friday, July 12, 2019 in Department 106 on the ninth floor of the downtown LA criminal court house. It’s a small courtroom of only four long wooden benches in the center audience area with three short ones closest to the door. This morning, none of the defendants in... Read More
Tom Fallon, mug shot
Long Beach financial advisor Tom Fallon sentenced to over 10 years in state prison after embezzling nearly $1 million from workers’ compensation claimants
Tom Fallon, a 65-year-old Long Beach insurance agent, was sentenced Thursday, July 18th 2019 in the Long Beach Superior Court after being convicted in an open plea of 25 criminal counts of money laundering and grand theft. Fallon was sentenced to 10 years and four months in state prison. Restitution was ordered in the amount... Read More
Bruck Curnick, Former Vice President Of Landmark Medical, Pleads Guilty To One Count Of Conspiracy To Commit Fraud On Friday In Orange County Superior Court
Bruce Curnick, who was the vice president of marketing and sales for Landmark Medical Management in Ontario, California, pleaded guilty Friday morning, July 12th, in a plea deal with deputy district attorney Shaddi Kamiabipour of the Orange County DA’s office. Curnick, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy from the original indictment which was... Read More
Three More Doctors Indicted Out Of Pacific Hospital Spinal Surgery Kick-Back Scheme
Three more doctors have been charged by the federal government in connection with Michael Drobot Sr.’s kick-back scheme for mostly spinal surgeries at Pacific Hospital in Long Beach. It has been estimated that more than $580 million in fraudulent bills were submitted to mostly workers’ compensation payers in an approximately 15 years period leading up to... Read More
