March 29, 2024
'Godfather' accused of $50 million workers' comp fraud
Law enforcement authorities say Peyman Heidary, a chiropractor known to call himself “The Godfather,” is a crime boss beyond his alias, accusing him of masterminding one of the largest insurance fraud cases the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office has ever prosecuted.

Heidary, 44, of Riverside is charged with heading a criminal organization that established medical clinics in Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles counties and a law firm that submitted thousands of workers’ compensation claims for nonexistent or exaggerated injuries that billed insurance companies for at least $50 million, court records say.

Investigators from the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office and the State Fund had also been able to document a loss of $5 million to the State Fund as of July 23, court documents say.

He is listed as president of California Health Care Management in Corona, Anaheim and La Habra; The Best of California Promotions and Management in Corona, Fullerton and Orange; Heidary Chiropractic in Corona, Fullerton and Anaheim; Doctor’s Reports Inc. in Fullerton and La Habra; California Injury Lawyers in Corona; and California Lawyers Network in Industry.

Other records show Heidary as past managing member of Riverside Health Clinic, Corona Health Clinic and Santa Ana Health Clinic.


Heidary was scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Superior Court in Riverside. He and three of his employees have been charged with 22 counts each of making fraudulent claims for payment of a health care benefit in excess of $950. (Source: The Orange County Register)
Story Date: September 8, 2014
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