A doctor has pleaded guilty to 40 felonies in a notorious medical insurance fraud case that involved healthy people being recruited to undergo unnecessary surgeries in exchange for money or low-cost cosmetic procedures such as "tummy tucks."
Michael C. Chan, 65, of Cerritos, former owner and medical director of the Unity Outpatient Surgery Center, will spend six months in jail and faces additional time behind bars at his upcoming sentencing.
He is among 19 defendants charged with orchestrating what prosecutors say is the largest medical insurance fraud scheme in the nation, a $154-million scam that was centered out of the now-shuttered clinic in Buena Park,
As part of a plea agreement, Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals on Thursday ordered Chan to pay up front $250,000 for his role in the scheme, and said he would have to make full restitution eventually.
Chan faces anywhere from probation to 28 years in state prison after he serves six months in jail. He is out of custody until his sentencing Sept. 9.
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