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Drobot Pleads in $500M Fraud Scheme, Calderon Indicted for Bribery

By Greg Jones (Senior Editor)

Monday, February 24, 2014 | 11

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefFederal prosecutors on Friday announced that Michael D. Drobot faces up to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to paying kickbacks in a $500 million fraud scheme relating to spinal fusions and admitted to bribing state Sen. Ron Calderon to delay legislation to repeal the separate reimbursement for spinal hardware.Calderon, D-Montebello, was indicted one day earlier on 24 charges, including bribery, money laundering, wire fraud and filing a false tax return. His brother, former Assemblyman Tom Calderon, was also indicted on Thursday for charges of money...

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