Messing was arrested in Kansas and waived extradition to Orange County where he was sentence.

Dr. West is accused of gross negligence in a 2000 breast cancer breast reconstruction. The patient had a mastectomy on one breast and wanted Dr. West to perform a lift on her other breast to match. According to reports, West reduced her breasts from D cups, leaving one a C cup and the other a B cup. The patient says she did not give West permission to reduce her breast size. The California Medical Board agreed with the patient.

In addition, Dr. West was arrested for suspicion of DUI in 2000. In this case, West was on his way to see a patient in the hospital when he was involved in a traffic accident. West had a BAC of .19. When questioned by a California Medical Board investigator, West denied he was on the way to the hospital despite a letter of apology he had written to the patient admitting he was.

In 2005, West was placed on probation following two convictions for VC 23152 (a) & VC 23152 (b)- driving under the influence as well as dishonesty. Due to lack of acknowledgment to his errors and the breast patient dishonesty, the board decided to revoke his license rather than extend probation.

The six individuals were involved in getting healthy seniors to be admitted into a hospice for terminally ill and then bill the California and the Federal Government for procedures never performed. The total the six individuals were responsible for billing $9 million and used the money to purchase homes and cars. The Delmendo family alone spent $1.7 million cash for a luxury home.

Of those arrested were:

Milagros Delmendo, 58, of Northridge and the owner of “We Care.” She was charged with four counts of grand theft, presenting false Medi-Cal claims, making fraudulent claims to the government, and paying unlawful remuneration.

- Kristina Delmendo Deguzman, 31, of Northridge and daughter of Milagros Delmendo. She was charged with three counts of grand theft, presenting false Medi-Cal claims, and making fraudulent claims to the government.

- Mark Delmendo, 28, of Studio City and son of Milagros Delmendo. He was charged with three counts of grand theft, presenting false Medi-Cal claims, and making fraudulent claims to the government.

- Nolan Jones, M.D., 60, of Los Angeles, on three counts of grand theft, presenting false Medi-Cal claims, and making fraudulent claims to the government.

- Anselmo Alliegro, M.D., 78, of Dundalk, Maryland, on three counts of grand theft, presenting false Medi-Cal claims, and making fraudulent claims to the government.

- Ramon Parayno, 46, of Studio City, on two counts of grand theft and paying unlawful remuneration.

Over a period of three years, Dr. Eroshevich and Dr. Kapoor falsified prescriptions and furnished thousands of prescription pills to Smith, often for no legitimate medical purpose. Howard K. Stern funneled those medications to Anna Nicole Smith.

Eleven felony counts were filed Thursday by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. It is unknown whether the California Medical Board has initiated any independent investigation on the doctors.

Counts 1-3: Each defendant was charged with conspiracy counts for prescribing, administering, and dispensing controlled substances to an addict; obtaining a controlled substances by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation; obtaining a controlled substance by false name or address; issuing a prescription that is false or fictitious; and repeatedly and excessively prescribing, furnishing, dispensing, or administering drugs.

Count 4: Howard K. Stern and Dr. Kapoor were charged with unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance.

Count 5: Howard K. Stern and Dr. Eroshevich were charged with unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance.

Count 6: Dr. Kapoor was charged with obtaining a prescription for opiates by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.

Count 7: Dr. Eroshevich was charged with obtaining a prescription for opiates by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.

Count 8: Dr. Kapoor was charged with obtaining a prescription for opiates by giving a false name or address.

Count 9: Dr. Eroshevich was charged with obtaining a prescription for opiates by giving a false name or address.

Count 10: Howard K. Stern and Dr. Kapoor were charged with prescribing, administering, or dispensing a controlled substance to an addict.

Count 11: Dr. Eroshevich was charged with prescribing, administering, or dispensing controlled substances to an addict.

"These scam artists coldly and heartlessly preyed on Californians desperate for help in saving their homes," Attorney General Brown said. "Homeowners in financial trouble have to be on guard against loan modification fraud, so they don't make a bad situation worse."

The AG filed 49 felony charges Orange County Superior Court against Mary Alice Yraceburu, 45, of Riverdale and Marianne Curtis, 67, of Costa Mesa.

Yraceburu was arrested today in Fresno County and Curtis was arrested today in Orange County. Both women, convicted felons who have previously been to prison face the following charges:

- 24-counts of grand theft;
- 25-counts of violations of California's foreclosure consultant statutes;
- One special allegation that the total value of theft was over $65,000;
- One special allegation that the total value of theft was over $100,000;

If convicted on all charges the women face 21 years in prison.

The two women operated a company called Foreclosure Freedom. FF sent hundreds of fliers to California residents promising to help stop foreclosure action on their homes. , The fliers read: "FINAL NOTICE - Respond only to this notice immediately." This is similar to First Gov scam, which the Attorney General stopped late last year.

When homeowners called, they were told their mortgages could be renegotiated to a lower monthly payment. However, they were required to pay thousands of dollars in up-front fees and were instructed not to contact their lenders. Investigators found no evidence of any successful loan modifications and most of the victims were either forced into bankruptcy or lost their homes to foreclosure.

Dr. Breen was the former head of the anesthesiology department at the Orange County University, however, he still works at the UCI hospital. The California Medical board has leveled the allegations against the Irvine physician and Dr. Breen faces suspension or revocation.

Dr. Lessler, of Newport Beach operated a medical clinic, University Pain Specialists, where he hired recruiters to find patients to receive unnecessary respiratory treatments. Prosecutors alleged the Orange County doctor’s scam billed Medicare $12 million for such treatments. In May 2007, Lessler pleaded guilty to three felony counts of conspiracy and health care fraud charges.

As a result of his medical insurance fraud convictions, the California Medical Board sought to revoke Lessler’s medical privileges. In July, Lessler agreed to give up his California Medical License with a signed stipulation with the board.

According to the federal complaint, Patwardhan treated over 30 patients being treated for cancer by administering partial doses of illegal drugs as part of their chemotherapy. His employees allegedly told authorities that instead of treating his patients by full doses, he would administer half doses and share single vials between two patients.

Patwardhan did tell authorities that he has brought over hundreds of thousands of dollars from India and Honduras. The narcotics were allegedly transferred in a gym back and Nordstrom bags.

It is speculated that Dr. Patwardhan saved between $150-$200 per vial or over $1 million over the past six to seven years.

Dr. Patwardhan was charged with one count of delivering misbranded drugs into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud or mislead. If convicted, he could receive a maximum of three years in federal prison. Patwardhan was released on $2 million bond his arraignment is set for Sept. 17.

It is unclear if his hospital privileges have been suspended or what action the California Medical Board is taking.

Dr. Brown is widely respected in the medical community for his charitable contributions including his disaster-relief medical charity, Urban Health Institute. Those closest to Brown are shocked and vow to stand behind him.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed 19 felony counts against Brown, including a lewd act on 15 year old, rape, sexual battery and fraud. Currently, Brown is being investigated by California’s Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse in an alleged health care fraud scheme although he has yet to be charged with any criminal charges. It is unclear whether the California Medical Board has taken any action against Dr. Brown’s license to practice medicine.

Dr. Brown’s Los Angeles criminal defense lawyers declined to comment. Dr. Brown’s bail was set at $4 million due to his connections to Bermuda and their lack of extradition.

Dr. Lee, who was friends with the victim’s family visited the minor under the guise of prescribing birth control. When Dr. Lee arrived at the home, he went upstairs to the victim’s bedroom and told her that he needed to do an exam on her prior to prescribing birth control. Without any medical equipment or gloves, Dr. Lee digitally penetrated the victim, saying he needed to do so to check for infections. In addition, Dr. Lee kissed the girl, touched her breasts and manipulated her body into sexual positions telling her he was teaching her techniques men like.

Besides allegations of the victim who resides in Irvine, two other women came forward and reported Dr. Lee had sexually assaulted them in his Anaheim Office. The statute of limitations on those crimes has already passed and prosecutors cannot charge Dr. Lee for those crimes.

Dr. Thompson faces two felony counts of reckless driving causing injury and battery causing serious bodily injury in an accident that occurred July 4, 2008. The Los Angels County District Attorney’s Office is alleging that Thompson slammed on his brakes directly in front of two bicyclist who were riding downhill on Mandeville Canyon Road. The bicyclist, without time to stop or avoid Thompson’s red Infiniti collided with the vehicle with one rider crashing through the read window and the other crashing to the pavement.

Ron Peterson, 40 who crashed through the window suffered broken teeth, broken nose and cuts to the face. Christian Stoehr, 29 suffered a shoulder separation which will require surgery. Both riders describe riding down the hill when they heard a honk and someone yell profanities at their direction. The car that honked, then pulled right in front of them and immediately slammed on their brakes.

Thompson, who lives on Mandeville Canyon Road is an owner of a medical documentation company in Woodland Hills. Thompson is out on bail and is awaiting a court date on August 1, 2008 where he will be arraigned on the felony complaint. If convicted, Thompson faces up to 7 years in prison.

In addition to any criminal charges, Dr. Thompson also faces discipline by the California Medical Board. Such discipline can include license suspension all the way to total revocation of all privileges to practice medicine in the state.

Also indicted was Andrew Robert Harnen, the surgery center accountant and bookkeeper. Harnen is accused of filing false tax returns and failing to report over $6 million, paying the doctors and recruiters for their participation in the Unity scam.

According to prosecutors, Unity is the biggest insurance fraud scam in the history of the U.S. with a loss of over $150 million. In this particular scam, the defendants are accused of recruiting over 2,800 healthy people, who from August 2002 to April 2003 traveled to Buena Park to undergo unnecessary medical procedures. In return, the patients received payments between $300-$1,000 per procedure.

Dickson and Harned are being held on $2 million bail and are scheduled to appear in court for their arraignment on July 10, 2008.

In addition to the actions taken by the California Medical Board, Dr. Roozrokh’s also faces criminal charges in San Luis Obispo for felony dependent adult abuse in the death of Mr. Navarro. If convicted at trial, Dr. Roozrokh could be sentenced to prison.

Mr. Swain has had a “history of ripping people off with his worthless investment schemes,” says California Attorney General Edmund Brown. “Most recently, he convinced 99 consumers, including a doctor, lawyer and aerospace engineer, to invest tens of thousands of dollars in property which does not exist.”

Between 2003 and 2006, Mr. Swain convinced consumers to invest $1,000 to $1000,000 in mortgage certificates which never existed. Swain was able to manufacture documents, which promised 10% annual returns on real estate projects. “This was a very convincing Ponzi scheme,” said Deputy Attorney General Tawnya Boulan who prosecuted the case jointly with the California Department of Corporations. “Swain was very persuasive and ripped off sophisticated investors by maintaining an appearance of success.”

As is typically done in Ponzi schemes, Swain used new investor capital to pay older investors, allowing him to continue with the fraud for several years. Swain also failed to disclose pertinent investor information allowing his investors to make informed decision in violation California law.

A San Diego jury found Mr. Swain guilty of 15 counts of fraud, 6 counts of grand theft, 3 counts of securities fraud and 3 counts of elder financial abuse. In addition to the substantive charges, Mr. Swain was convicted of sentencing enhancements related to securities fraud called white collar crime enhancements.

The prescription drug database will give California pharmacists and physicians a real time glimpse of patients prescription history. This technology will help fight prescription drug abuse in California and reduce a financial burden on medical insurance companies. In addition, it will reduce doctor shopping for those who are addicted to prescription drugs and go to several doctors for the same prescription.

The new database named CURES or Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System is set to launch in 2009 at a cost of 3 ½ million dollars. While California does have the CURES system in place currently, it is not an online database and can take days for pharmacists and physicians to check a patients drug history. The CURES database carries information of over 86 million schedule II,III, and IV prescription drugs such as Morphine, Vicodin, Oxycodone, Methadone, Codeine

A representative of the California State Board of Pharmacy is quoted as saying "The California State Board of Pharmacy has long been a strong supporter of the CURES system. This new system will reduce drug diversion from pharmacies--it is an important enhancement to patient care and law enforcement."