LOS ANGELES – On October 30, 2015, a Los Angeles area doctor was convicted of three counts of second-degree murder for prescribing massive quantities of addictive and dangerous drugs to patients with no legitimate need, three of whom died in 2009 of overdoses. A jury found Hsiu Ying “Lisa” Tseng, 45, guilty of 23 counts, […]
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Guilty Verdict: Fake Doctor Faces 36 Years in Prison
SAN FRANCISCO- On October 14, 2015, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced that a jury found Carlos Guzmangarza, 53, of San Francisco, guilty of 33 felonies and eight misdemeanors for posing as a physician assistant and performing plastic surgery on numerous victims. “We put enormous trust in our doctors,” said District Attorney George Gascón. […]
California Medical Board Assists in Investigating Illegal Prescription Drug Case
A San Gabriel Valley doctor has pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges that allege he was writing hundreds of unnecessary prescriptions for powerful painkillers, such as oxycodone, in exchange for cash. Dr. Daniel Cham, 47, was arraigned October 23, 2014, on a 31-count indictment. The indictment charges Cham with drug trafficking, money laundering, […]
Los Angeles Doctor Charged in Massive RX Drug Ring
An 81-year-od Los Angeles doctor was arrested Wednesday, October 15, 2014, along with three other individuals, for allegedly running or participating in a widespread oxycodone prescription drug ring, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. This case is being investigated by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), the California Medical Board […]
L-A Area Doctor Convicted of Drug Trafficking
LOS ANGELES – On August 14, 2014, a jury convicted a Los Angeles-area doctor on federal drug trafficking charges for illegally distributing drugs, including powerful and addictive painkillers such as hydrocodone (Vicodin and Norco), alprazolam (Xanax), and diazepam (Valium) . Dr. Andrew Sun, 78, of La Mirada, was convicted of 14 counts of distributing controlled substances and […]
Undercover Bust by DCA Medical Board Investigators
A pediatrician in Monterey Park and two of his employees have been indicted on allegations of Medi-Cal fraud and, with little or no medical exam, prescribing prescription strength diet pills to adults according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. “Kid’s M.D.” owner and operator Dr. Thomas Lin, his physician’s […]
New Legislation Places Medical Board Investigators Into the Division of Investigation
Senate Bill 304, legislation that moves California Medical Board Investigators to the Department of Consumer Affairs and extends the existence of the Board for four more years, is headed to the Governor’s desk. CSLEA and investigators with the Medical Board of California (MBC) were closely following the bill as lawmakers amended the legislation and decided […]
New Legislation Expected to Place Medical Board Investigators Into the Division of Investigation
Investigators with the Medical Board of California (MBC) have been anxiously following a bill winding its way through the legislature which will decide the question of which state agency will be responsible for conducting investigations of doctors and related medical professionals. Currently MBC’s Enforcement Program exists under the umbrella of the Department of Consumer Affairs […]
San Fernando Valley Doctor Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison
When a medical doctor is scamming patients out of hundreds of thousands of dollars based on false hope and false cures, investigators at the California Medical Board are among those who step in to put a stop to it. Their work, along with the IRS and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, resulted in a […]
