Chiropractor Gets 54 Years for $150 Million Workers’ Comp Fraud in SoCal

The man recruited legitimately injured patients into his network of bogus law firms and health clinics for unnecessary billing.

Peyman Heidary, 53, called himself “The Godfather,” court records show. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

A former chiropractor was sentenced to 54 years and eight months behind bars and ordered to pay $23 million in fines for having led a workers’ compensation fraud scheme that totaled $150 million in damages, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

Peyman Heidary, 53, who court records show called himself “The Godfather,” was sentenced April 12 by Judge Charles J. Koosed, Southern California newspaper The Press-Enterprise reported.