A 64-year-old neurosurgeon from Carmichael, California, Laura Anderson, M.D, has been charged with multiple counts of medical insurance fraud, workers’ compensation fraud, and grand theft after allegedly submitting over $500,000 in fraudulent medical services reimbursement claims to the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF). Dr. Anderson was arrested yesterday and booked on these charges at the... Read More
Defense Files Discovery Motion Against Sealed Ex-Parte Meetings Of Prosecution With Court In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case In Downtown LA
Department 106 in downtown Los Angeles, Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, was more crowded than usual for this hearing on March 15th 2019 of the Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah case. It seemed all the current defendants were here, with their current counsels. Except for physician assistant Peter Nelson. He was missing. But his lawyer,... Read More
Closing Arguments Begin With The Prosecution In Jon Woods Trial In Orange County
It’s the morning of April 3, 2019 in Orange County Superior Court, court room C-40. Prosecutor Noorul Hasan opens her closing arguments. She’s wearing a brown and black weave jacket. Her poignantly dark hair falls down her back to her shoulder blades, full and curled slightly under. Judge Patrick Donahue had just finished reading the... Read More
Prosecution Witness Testifies To Laws For Attorney Advertising In Jon Woods’ Trial In Orange County
The trial of Jon Woods, applicants’ attorney for workers’ compensation claimants, will continue this week to its closing arguments in Orange County Superior Court. Woods is an attorney who has practiced in Signal Hill, an area of Long Beach, California. On March 6, 2019, William Todd from the California Bar Association testified as a... Read More
An Estonian Journalist, A Lebanese Antiquities Dealer, and A Lebanese Lawyer Can’t Find Dr. Uwaydah’s Interpol Arrest Warrant. Did It Once Exist? Did Uwaydah Bribe Someone At The Top To Make It Disappear?
On March 7, 2019, I received a letter by email from an Estonian journalist, Toivo Tanavsuu. He informed me that he was writing to me from the biggest Estonian weekly: Eesti Ekspress. He began by stating he had found and read an article I had written and published about Dr. Munir Uwaydah. “Would you be... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial Should Get Underway By Late Summer In Orange County
The Sim Hoffman, M.D. case in Orange County Superior Court has been put over until May 31st 2019. Dr. Hoffman, a Buena Park based radiologist, will have been charged with crimes pertaining to workers’ compensation fraud for eight full years by the time that date arrives. Hoffman was first indicted in May of 2011. Hoffman,... Read More
The Jon Woods Trial. Carlos Arguello Takes The Stand: ‘My Goal Was To Get A Check From Him.’
Carlos Arguello took the stand in the Jon Woods trial on Thursday, February 28th 2019. He was sharply dressed in a set of black hues, a soft black suit with a darker black shirt, with blue designs on his black tie. He exuded every bit the image of what could be a young, slick attorney.... Read More
First Witness Called To The Stand In Jon Woods Trial. Another Witness Admits Carlos Arguello Put Some Companies In Her Name.
The first witness called by the prosecution on Monday, February 25th, in the trial of applicants’ attorney Jon Woods, was James D. Fisher. James Fisher is an attorney with the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Workers’ Compensation. A professionally dressed, mature, Black man with 30 years of experience as a lawyer, he spoke... Read More
