Tuesday 16 August 2022 08:55 PM Beverly Hills surgeon and his girlfriend plead guilty to $676 million insurance ... trends now
A Beverly Hills surgeon and his girlfriend who built their fortune off of vulnerable addicts in recovery pleaded guilty to a million dollar medical insurance scheme on Friday.
Dr. Randy Rosen and Liza Vismanos are notoriously known for paying patients from various Southern California sober living homes to take part in medically unnecessary implant surgeries and to take cortisone shots as part of their scheme.
The pair tagged teamed to scam insurance companies of about $676 million for unnecessary medical procedures and drug tests of patients they recruited to their offices until they were arrested in 2020. At the time of their arrest they received $52 million from the insurance providers.
Rosen on August 12 pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent medical insurance claims with a white collar crime enhancement and faces 10 years behind bars, according to documents. The surgeon was released from sever other dismissed charges.
Meanwhile, Vismanos pleaded guilty to medical insurance fraud and had multiple other charges dismissed. She is subjected to house arrest.
'This is the largest prison sentence for a provider in a California workers' compensation insurance fraud,' Orange County District Attorney said in a statement. 'Dr. Rosen used vulnerable sober living patients who were desperately trying to battle their demons as an ATM machine to make a buck. He didn’t care about his patients; he only cared about making as much money as possible'
Dr. Randy Rosen and his girlfriend Liza Vismanos, pleaded guilty of stealing millions for insurance companies. Both were arrested and charged in May 2020 with paying vulnerable patients from Southern California sober living homes to take part in medically unnecessary implant surgeries and to take cortisone shots as part of an elaborate fraud scam
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said, 'Dr. Rosen used vulnerable sober living patients who were desperately trying to battle their demons as an ATM machine to make a buck.'
Rosen ran a surgical center called Wellness Wave while Vismanos ran the Lotus Laboratories toxicology lab in
