So, the first former, Uwaydah lawyer witness, Harry Nelson, was on the stand. It is the late morning of April 2nd 2018. Benjamin Gluck, the pilot fish of the defense, had told the court he wanted to call the three lawyer witnesses, who were waiting in the wings, as a courtesy. They had come to the last... Read More
Dr. Uwaydah Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case Back In LA Court May 15th. Defense Gets Their Way With First Witnesses On The Stand In Evidentiary Hearing.
Proceedings in the Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah case for workers’ compensation fraud will come back to criminal court in downtown Los Angeles next Tuesday, May 15th 2018. Then, the Evidentiary Hearing driven by the defense’s motion for alleged attorney-client privilege violations by the prosecution will continue after having taken a recess on May 3rd but having begun on... Read More
California Department of Insurance Grounds Electrician
Michael Williams, 34, of Daly City, California was arrested during the week of April 22nd on 21 felony counts of insurance fraud and grand theft after allegedly working for multiple employers while collecting over $85,000 in workers’ compensation benefits from two different insurers. In November 2014, Williams was working as an electrician when he sustained... Read More
Former San Diego Sheriff’s Deputy Gets Probation And Work Furlough For Work Comp Fraud
Matthew Tobolsky, 40, a former San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who filed for workers’ compensation for an alleged back injury, was sentenced Tuesday, April 10th 2018, to three years’ probation and 180 days in custody. In October of 2017, Tobolsky pleaded not-guilty to charges of workers’ compensation fraud. While being investigated, he was seen lifting... Read More
Jon Woods Relinquished His Right To Decide On The Doctor, Orange County DA Contends. Calls it ‘One Large Conspiracy’.
Closing arguments began the afternoon of Tuesday, March 20th 2018, in the preliminary hearing of applicants’ attorney Jon Woods in Orange County Superior Court. The hearing had endured five weeks with 40 witnesses and over 200 exhibits. Now all the Insurance Company of the West investigators lined the front row of the center aisle of... Read More
Dr. Thomas Heric, Tied To Sim Hoffman, M.D. As A Defendant In Orange County, Appears In Failing Health As He Awaits Likely Trial In Late 2018
At the last court hearing on Friday, March 16th 2018, in Orange County Superior Court for the case of The People versus Sim Hoffman M.D. and Thomas Heric, M.D., Dr. Heric appeared in court room C-45 in his wheel chair. Thomas Heric, M.D. has been tied as a defendant to this case since its inception in May... Read More
Applicants’ Attorney Jon Woods Held To Answer To The Charges For Workers’ Compensation Fraud After Preliminary Hearing In Orange County Superior Court.
Judge Richard Oberhalzer, who presided over the preliminary hearing for the past five weeks for workers’ compensation applicants’ attorney Jon Woods in Orange County Superior Court, ruled yesterday that Woods would be held to answer to the charges. 25 counts plus enhancements will be charged in the Information which will be the charging document now... Read More
See You In September. Hoffman Defense To File 995 Motion August 3rd in Orange County Superior Court. Hearing On Motion Scheduled For September 7th 2018.
Sim Hoffman, M.D., a Buena Park radiologist charged with a multitude of counts for felony workers’ compensation fraud, appeared in Orange County Superior Court last Friday morning, March 16th, in court room C-45 of the Honorable Richard King. He was wearing his signature red tie. His tan jacket and tan slacks were different shades of... Read More
