SANTA ANA – It just took a few hundred bucks, or in one case, the promise of a tummy tuck, for the insured "patients" to lie down on the operating table in Buena Park.

There, at Unity Outpatient Surgery Center, doctors Michael C. Chan, William W. Hampton Jr. and Mario Z. Rosenberg were waiting, and performed more than 1,000 mostly unnecessary procedures to remove cysts, treat sweaty palms and hemorrhoids, prosecutors say.The three are accused of more than 1,000 unneeded surgeries at Buena Park center, bilking insurers of $30.5 million.

The three doctors were arrested Wednesday for allegedly bilking insurance companies out of $30.5 million while working at the now-shuttered Unity surgery center.

Dec. 2005 - Aug. 2006: Officials charge up to seven people with crimes such as illegally recruiting patients for Unity, capping, insurance fraud and tax evasion.

The Orange County Register:  Article - News - Doctors face felony charges

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