LOS ANGELES—The operator of the now-defunct 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign and a Beverly Hills-based company he controlled were found guilty Dec. 16 of using fabricated sleep studies to persuade insurance companies to pay out tens of millions of dollars for Lap-Band surgery.
Julian Omidi, 53, of West Hollywood, and Surgery Center Management (SCM) were found guilty of 28 federal counts of wire fraud and three counts of mail fraud.
