Judge James Ahler wrote in his opinion that Dr. Rutland does pose a “risk of danger” but felt the risk was specific to Dr. Rutland performing surgery and deliveries. Ahler stated that there have been no complaints or alleged misconduct unrelated to surgeries and deliveries.

Dr. Rutland surrendered his medical license in 2002 after a lengthy investigation where it was found that Rutland committed several ethical violations, botched surgeries and was responsible for the death of 2 babies.

Dr. Rutland applied and was granted a re-instatement by the California Medical Board only to have him face the possible second loss of a license for the current investigation that relates to the death of a woman who underwent an abortion. In the current medical board investigation, it is alleged that Rutland sedated the victim with anesthesia and that due to his lack of knowledge with the proper dosage, led to the woman’s death. In addition, he is accused of not having the proper medical malpractice insurance and performing surgery in a unlicensed facility.

Rutland, had already lost his California medical license in 2002 after the death of a newborn, allegations he performed unnecessary hysterectomies, lied to patients and has sexual intercourse with a patient in his office.

As a result of these accusations, Rutland agreed to give up his medical license after a two year investigation. However, Dr. Rutland applied to have his license reinstated which was granted by the California Medical Board.

The current investigation which poses a potential loss of Dr. Rutlands medical license stems from an incident where a 30-year-old woman died last year allegedly after Rutland gave her anesthesia without knowing what dosage was safe. In addition, Rutland was found to be practicing in an unlicensed office and performing surgery outside of a hospital without malpractice insurance.

The California Medical Board is seeking to have a Rutlands license suspended until the medical board investigation is compete and an Accusation is filed saying Rutland “imminent danger to public health.”

BP 2307 (b)(1) states that a petition for reinstatement by the California Medical Board may be made at least 3 years after the license was revoked or surrendered. However, you can upon a showing of good cause petition for reinstatement after 2 years.

If you are on probation to the California Medical Board you can petition the board to either modify your existing terms and conditions of probation and even petition for a termination of probation. You can do this pursuant to BP 2307(b)(2) and BP 2307(b)(3).

If your probation is for a period less than 3 years, you can petition to terminate your probation after 1 year. If your probation is more than 3 years, you can petition for termination of probation after 2 years.

If you are on probation to the California Medical Board, you can petition to modify your terms and conditions after 1 year on probation.

Practicing medicine with the restrictions imposed by the Medical Board can have an adverse impact on your medical practice. If you have already entered into a stipulation and want to see about terminating your medical license probation or modifying the current terms, contact a well qualified California Medical License Attorney.

The Medical Board of California states in their legal papers that “waiting for a possible conviction to a take action puts the public at risk.” In addition to seeking a temporary suspension, the medical board wants the doctors to give up their prescriptions forms.

Denise Fairhurst, of Redding, was arrested Wednesday on five criminal counts of grand theft, insurance fraud and submitting false claims to the government. She is being held on $1 million dollar bail.

"Fairhurst ran a health clinic that was losing money and in danger of closing because of widespread financial mismanagement," Brown said. "To keep her operation afloat, she submitted bogus claims to Medi-Cal and in the process violated California law."

Brown's complaint, alleges that between January 2004 and December 2007, Fairhurst, billed Medi-Cal $2.2 million for services not rendered to beneficiaries to help pay operation and management. In addition, Fairhurst used $33,492 of the funds to pay personal credit card bills. If convicted, Fairhurst faces up to five years in state prison.

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.