Former Lab Owner Sentenced To 8 Years For Felony Health Fraud Charges
Michael Mirando was also ordered to pay more than $3 million in restitution.
Orange County Register:
Former Orange County Lab Owner Sentenced To 8 Years For Healthcare Fraud
A former Aliso Viejo resident was sentenced to eight years in prison on Monday for submitting fraudulent bills to insurance companies for $8 million in medical tests and services that were never performed. Michael Mirando, 40, who now resides in Portland, Oregon, was found guilty on May of 15 felony counts of healthcare fraud. (Puente, 10/30)
In other news from across the state —
East Bay Times:
Homeless Campers Sue City, BART
A group of homeless campers has sued the city and BART, seeking injunctions against eviction and damages for what they claim were violations of their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs — Clark Sullivan, James Blair, Toan Nguyen, Arika Miles and Adam Bredenberg — belong to the “First They Came for the Homeless” camp, which they describe as “an intentional community of homeless Berkeley residents,” formed in 2015, that “publicly opposes Berkeley’s increasing efforts since 2015 to criminalize the condition of homelessness.” (Lochner, 10/30)
Oakland Tribune:
Water Run Dovetails Into Mt. Diablo School District’s Wellness Campaign
Brian Lawrence was on a 12-mile quest. The Mt. Diablo Unified School District board member took off running last Friday, traveling from high school to high school, in support of current measures to get more thirst-quenching water stations available at the various district school sites. Accustomed to the flat terrain of the Foothill Middle School track where he regularly runs pre-dawn, the downhill slopes of this route revealed “some muscles (he) hadn’t been using,” and Lawrence admitted subsequent soreness. (Shaw, 10/31)