In a major California workers' comp insurance case, authorities have charged an Orange County man who was twice convicted of fraud, along with a San Diego neurosurgeon and two others, in connection with allegedly billing nearly $100 million in fraudulent fees.
Following a three-year investigation, the Orange County district attorney's office said on Friday that David Fish, 55, of Laguna Niguel allegedly masterminded an extensive scheme 'to control clinics and providers who would see patients, refer them to specific providers in order to receive illegal referral payments, and then unlawfully bill workers' compensation insurance companies for these services.'
'At a time when families across America are struggling to keep up with increasing prices for everything from gas and rent to just being able to put food on the table for their families, criminals like these only increase the cost of insurance premiums and put the American dream just that much further out of reach for so many hardworking people,' said Orange County Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer.
Benjamin N. Gluck, Fish's attorney in Los Angeles, said the charges are unfounded. 'The Orange County District Attorney's Office has a history of filing similar cases only to have them collapse under scrutiny,' Gluck said. 'We think this case will be just one more in that line.'
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