On April 3rd, 2014
On April 2, 2014, a judge in Los Angeles decided there is enough evidence to proceed with a trial in the case of Los Angeles-area doctor John Dimowo, 55. When undercover agents with the Medical Board of California went into a pain management clinic in Wilmington between March 2012 and March 2013, they allege Dr. […]
On January 28th, 2014
SAN DIEGO - When a healthy, undercover California Medical Board investigator infiltrated Robert Oldham Young's clinic at an avocado ranch in Valley Center, the investigator was diagnosed with a disease and a high priced treatment was recommended. The same scenario played out when an investigator from the San Diego County District Attorney's office went undercover […]
On September 3rd, 2013
Investigators from the Medical Board of California's (MBC) Prescription Drug Strike Force arrested two physicians last week for allegedly prescribing controlled substances without a legitimate purpose. On August 27, 2013, investigators, along with the Redding Police Department, arrested Dr. James Gregory White at the North Valley Medical Corporation. Dr. White's physician assistant, Cheri Houghland, was […]
On July 25th, 2013
On July 24, 2013, representatives of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) met to begin discussions in anticipation of the passage of SB 304, a bill that would alter how the Medical Board of California investigates and prosecutes violations of State law committed by physicians. The current system […]
On June 27th, 2013
MORENO VALLEY — How do you know if a doctor is real or not? If you are an investigator with the Medical Board of California, you go undercover and check things out for yourself. That type of undercover work resulted in the arrest of Santiago Alvarez on June 20, 2013. Alvarez is charged with practicing medicine […]
On March 19th, 2013
Several state and local agencies have been involved in investigations surrounding a Rocklin doctor who was arrested Friday, March 15, including our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are investigators with the Medical Board of California. "Medical Board investigators were involved in the investigation that led to this doctor's arrest," said CSLEA President […]
