Keyvan Amirikhorheh, Medicaid Fraud Conspiracy, California 2024

A California physician has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, according to a Grimy Times investigation.

Keyvan Amirikhorheh, 61, of Seal Beach, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud in a federal court.

According to court documents, Amirikhorheh worked as a physician at Los Angeles Community Clinic and, along with his co-defendants, defrauded the Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment (Family PACT) program administered by Medi-Cal, the California Medicaid program.

The scheme involved submitting and causing the submission of fraudulent claims for family planning services, diagnostic testing, and prescriptions for non-existent patients.

Between approximately March 2016 and April 2019, Los Angeles Community Clinic and associated laboratories and pharmacies submitted approximately $8,406,204 in claims to Medi-Cal and were paid approximately $6,660,028 as the result of this fraudulent scheme.

Amirikhorheh pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and is scheduled to be sentenced on October 1. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

The FBI, Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General, and California Department of Justice investigated the case, which was charged as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, under the supervision of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.

Amirikhorheh’s co-defendants, Hilda Haroutunian, Lorraine Watson, Edmond Sarkisyan, and Noem Sarkisyan, also pleaded guilty to their roles in the scheme and are scheduled for sentencing on various dates.

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