Court Reschedules Sentencing for Owner of MRI Firms Convicted of Fraud

The U.S. District Court for Southern California moved to January a sentencing hearing that was scheduled for Monday for Vital Imaging CEO Sam Solakyan, who was convicted in July on 12 counts related to billing comp carriers for services procured through bribes and kickbacks. The court said in a docket entry that it is setting sentencing on Jan. 6, based on its own motion and post-trial motions. The U.S. Attorney’s Office last week asked the court to impose a sentence of between 235 and 293 months in custody. Among other things, prosecutors are alleging that the majority of magnetic...