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July 2008 ISSUE

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Attorney and Accountant Indicted in Largest Medical Insurance Fraud Case in the Nation

June 27, 2008

The California Department of Insurance and the Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) announced today the unsealing of criminal grand jury indictments in what they characterize as “the largest medical fraud prosecution in the nation”, charging Unity’s attorney Roy Chester Dickson and Unity’s accountant Andrew Robert Harnen, for their role in the Unity Outpatient Surgery Center (Unity) scheme, in which $154 million was fraudulently billed to medical insurance companies.

The Orange County Grand Jury dedicated 28 days to examining 1,054 exhibits and hearing testimony from 56 witnesses, resulting in the 70-page indictment of two previously uncharged defendants, an attorney and an accountant. The Grand Jury also indicted 11 previously charged defendants, who were also consolidated into the indictment, including three doctors. The Franchise Tax Board under the Supervision of the State Controller provided substantial assistance in this investigation.

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