Former 1-800 GET-THIN doctor gets 7-year sentence for multimillion-dollar fraud scheme
by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Apr 18, 2023
2 minutes
LOS ANGELES — A former doctor convicted of fraudulently submitting nearly $120 million in claims related to the 1-800-GET-THIN Lap-Band surgery business has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison.
Julian Omidi, 58, of West Hollywood was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Dolly M. Gee. The judge also imposed a five-year probation period on Surgery Center Management LLC,
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