LOS ANGELES—A former weight-loss doctor and a Beverly Hills physician face trial Tuesday for allegedly taking part in a $250 million bogus billing scheme involving 1-800-GET-THIN Lap-Band surgeries.
Julian Omidi, 53, of West Hollywood, and Mirali Zarrabi, 59, of Beverly Hills, are charged with multiple federal counts alleging mail and wire fraud, false statements, money laundering,0 and aggravated identity theft stemming from GET THIN’s Lap-Band surgery and sleep study programs between May 2010 and March 2016, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
