California Supreme Court
Jun. 27, 2017
Independent contractor can be charged with public employee fraud, court rules
An independent contractor surgeon at a Riverside County public hospital who allegedly pocketed taxpayer money for his own benefit can be charged with public employee fraud, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday.
An independent contractor surgeon at a Riverside County public hospital who allegedly pocketed taxpayer money for his own benefit can be charged with public employee fraud, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday.
The decision is a setback for defendant Hossain Sahlolbei, a surgeon at Palo Verde Hospital in Blythe, who had argued that the “self-dealing” law at issue did not apply to medical practitioners working as indepen...
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