Tag: Fraud
Beverly Hills Surgeon Involved In Insurance Fraud
BEVERLY HILLS─Randy Rosen, 57, a Beverly Hills Surgeon, and his girlfriend Liza Visamanos, 41, were charged in $52 million insurance fraud on Friday, July...
Beverly Hills Doctor Charged With Allegedly Defrauding $52 Million
BEVERLY HILLS—On Thursday, July 2, a Beverly Hills doctor and his girlfriend pleaded not guilty on charges of stealing $52 million in an alleged...
Did Medicare Call My Mom About COVID-19 Tests Or Was This...
UNITED STATES—Hello Toni: Yesterday, a representative from Medicare called my mother asking all types of personal questions to provide her with testing supplies for...
Eblin Balver Pleads No Contest To Immigration, Real Estate Scam
CALIFORNIA—According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Eblin Balver 53, pleaded no contest in a court on Tuesday, June 16, to taking...
Man Arrested For Allegedly Running $10 Million Ponzi Scheme
RIVERSIDE—On Thursday, May 21, a Moreno Valley resident was arrested on a federal criminal complaint that accused him of swindling dozens of people -...
Hollywood Executive Charged With Embezzling Over $30 Million
HOLLYWOOD—On Friday, May 22, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Security and Exchange Committee, and the U.S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of...
Film Producer Arrested, Charged With $1.7 Million PPP Loan Fraud
BEVERLY HILLS— On Friday, May 22, the founder of Aviron Pictures, William Sadleir, was arrested and charged with allegedly filing bank loan applications that...
Kendall Jenner Agrees To Pay $90K For Fyre Festival Scandal
HOLLYWOOD HILLS—Kendall Jenner has agreed to pay $90,000 after promoting a failed Fyre Festival that never took place.
The Fyre Festival was intended to be...
Health Corporations And Attorneys Fall Under RICO Suit
WOODLAND HILLS— Woodland Hills based Health Net and St. Louis based Centene Corp. alongside their attorneys, face a $1.125 billion lawsuit filed on May...
Men Defraud 11 Victims In Automobile Sublease Scam
HOLLYWOOD—On Wednesday, October 30, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced that Arman Mave Hazarian, 48, aka Dean Hazrian, of Tarzana and his business...
District Attorney Declines Pursuit Of Fraud Case Against Nury Martinez
LOS ANGELES—The office of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has ceased to pursue the investigation of Councilwoman Nury Martinez's 2015 campaign in...
Hasty Decisions Can Cost You
UNITED STATES—Rising rent costs and sparse housing can make it a tough market for renters out there. Many of us out of desperation will...
Former DMV Employee Sentenced To 22 Months
SHERMAN OAKS—On Friday August 23, Aaron Gilliam, 51, of Sherman Oaks and a former Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) employee was sentenced to 22...
Businessman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy Charges
SHERMAN OAKS—A Sherman Oaks business man plead guilty to a $1.3 billion fraud scheme on Wednesday, August 7 before a South Florida judge.
Robert Shapiro,...
Emmit Marshall Guilty Of Defrauding Veterans Association
WOODLAND HILLS—Emmit Marshall, 52, of Woodland Hills, pled guilty to federal criminal charges on Monday, July 29 to five felony counts of wire fraud....
Doctor Arrested For Defrauding Health Insurance Companies
WEST HOLLYWOOD—James T. Lee, 71, of West Hollywood, a doctor who specialized in treating HIV patients was taken into custody on Tuesday, July 2....
IRS Phone Scam Costing Americans Billions
UNITED STATES—This week, I, Toni King received a voice mail call on my personal cell phone from an 800 number Robo call claiming to...
Brothers Facing Federal Fraud Charges
SHERMAN OAKS—Brothers Motty Mizrahi, 46, of Encino and Sassi Mizrahi, 53, of Sherman Oaks were arrested for alleged federal wire fraud charges and made...
Beverly Hills Man Sentenced For Embezzlement
BEVERLY HILLS—Adam Reed Zucker, 42, was sentenced to more than 14 years in state prison on charges of embezzling $2.4 million from an El...
Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin Charged In College Admissions Scheme
HOLLYWOOD HILLS—Documents unsealed in federal court on Tuesday, March 12 detailed a $25 million nationwide college-acceptance fraud scandal, implicating 50 people including two SAT/ACT...




















