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Michael Drobot

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Convicted in a public proceeding.

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  1. Owned Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, California, and ran a kickback scheme tied to it from 1997 to 2013, at least 15 years. source
  2. Paid more than $40 million to dozens of doctors, chiropractors and other medical professionals who referred thousands of patients for spinal surgeries at his hospital. source
  3. Used shell companies he controlled to inflate the price of spinal implant devices billed to workers' compensation insurers under a now-repealed California pass-through law, with the markup helping fund the kickbacks. source
  4. Admitted bribing then-state senator Ron Calderon, including paying Calderon's son about $30,000 over three summers as a file clerk and providing plane trips and golf outings, to help protect the implant pass-through law. source
  5. Pleaded guilty in 2014 to conspiracy and paying illegal kickbacks. source
  6. Sentenced in January 2018 by US District Judge Josephine Staton to 63 months in federal prison, a $500,000 fine, and $10 million in forfeiture including real estate and three classic cars. source

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Sources

  1. Ex-Long Beach Hospital Owner Sentenced For $600M Fraud. CBS News Los Angeles (Associated Press). Accessed 2026-10-26.
  2. Former California Hospital Owner Sentenced in $600M Workers' Comp Scheme. Insurance Journal. Accessed 2026-10-26.
  3. Operation Spinal Cap uncovers half-billion-dollar workers' comp fraud. Risk & Insurance. Accessed 2026-10-26.

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