By Shardel Suber of The Bainbridge Firm, LLC posted in In the News on Friday, April 21, 2017.
The District Attorney of Orange County Tony Rackauckas, filed several federal charges against two individuals Christopher and Tanya King.
The DA has claimed the King’s have used their companies – Monarch Medical Group, King Medical Management and One Source Laboratories – to “recruit doctors and pharmacists to prescribe unnecessary treatments for workers’ compensation patients”.
The King’s have allegedly victimized over 13,000 patients accumulating over $23 million, and the Doctors and Pharmacists that assisted received kickbacks from that as well. Because of this, Rackauckas announced charges were filed against 26 people, including 21 doctors.
The DA’s office determined creams that were not FDA approved, bought for between $15-$40 was billed to insurance companies for $250-$700.
A pharmacist at Steven’s Pharmacy told ABC7 the claims were false. The Kings were also accused of working with doctors to order bogus urine tests.
If convicted of all charges, Tanya King faces a maximum of 117 years in prison.
