Imaging Business Owner Looks to Dismiss Fraud Charges for $284M Kickback Scheme

Attorneys for Sam Solakyan argue that a federal grand jury indictment charging their client with defrauding California workers' compensation carriers out of more than $284 million is based on a novel theory of what constitutes bribery and should be dismissed. Solakyan was arrested in September 2018 on a felony indictment alleging one count of conspiring to commit honest services mail fraud and 11 counts of substantive fraud in furtherance of the alleged scheme. The indictment claims that the compensation Solakyan "offered to physicians in exchange for their referrals consisted of...