Seven Accused in $98 Million Insurance Fraud Case

Seven Southern California residents have been charged with running a workers’ compensation medical mill that fraudulently billed $98 million to insurance companies, prosecutors announced June 6 in a written statement (People v. Heidary, Riverside County Superior Court, RIF1670176, 5/16/16); (People v. Touba Pakdel-Nabati, Riverside County Superior Court, RIF1670176, indictment filed 5/16/16).

A grand jury in Riverside, Calif., returned one indictment accusing chiropractor Peyman Heidary, attorney Cary Abramowitz and two others of 69 felony counts, including conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and making a false insurance claim. The second indictment, which is separate but related ...