Office Manager Gets Five Years in Kickback Scheme

An office manager convicted on 51 felony counts relating to negotiating kickbacks on behalf of a Southern California radiologist was sentenced to five years in state prison. Gonzalo Parades, 63, was the officer manager for Advanced Radiology in Beverly Hills. Dr. Ronald Grusd, who owned Advanced Radiology, was convicted on 39 felony counts in 2017 and ordered to serve 10 years in federal prison. The San Diego District Attorney’s Office said in a statement that Grusd and Paredes paid kickbacks to “a high-volume San Diego-based chiropractor” who referred patients to Advanced ...