Fari A Rezai Death – Fari A Rezai – the Attorney and owner of Rezai & Associates – a personal injury lawyer in Irvine, California has allegedly passed away. Fari A Rezai owned and operated the law firm which is located on Main St, Irvine, CA. He was one of the ten Attorneys charged with Felony for their roles in a workers’ compensation referral scam that they say involved over 33,000 patients and insurance benefits of over $300 million. According to unsubstantial sources, the Attorney died from an apparent suicide.
It is not known at this time, if the reason for his death has any connection with the pending lawsuit. The case was filed at the Orange County Superior Court. In an online report by the Orange County Superior Court, Attorney Fari A Rezai has been charged with a felony. The felony matter is pending in Orange County Superior Court, Case number 22CF0185. The State Bar posts consumer alerts online when lawyers are charged in a criminal court with a felony or felonies. Anyone who believes they have been the victim of attorney misconduct is urged to file a complaint with the State Bar.
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Fari A Rezai was Admitted to the State Bar of California on 6/1/1998. Fari A Rezai was a lawyer serving Irvine in Worker’s Compensation cases. The lawsuit has been active since 2021. Details surrounding his alleged suicide remain sketchy at this time. More details will be updated soon.
Charges Details
On Monday, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office filed felony fraud charges against 10 attorneys and 6 individuals for their roles in a workers’ compensation referral scam that they say involved over 33,000 patients and insurance benefits of over $300 million. The Orange County Register reports that the attorneys charged Monday were: Jon Woods, 56, of Cypress; Payman Zargari, 49, Sherman Oaks; John Jansen, 49, Santa Ana; Fari Rezai, 39, Irvine; Lionel Eduardo Giron, 49, Pomona; Dennis Ralph Fusi, 73, Lakewood; Jorge Humberto Reyes, 39, Los Angeles; Rony M Barsoum, 43, Los Angeles; Robert Irving Slater, 67, Encino; and Robin Jacobs, 52, Sherman Oaks.
San Diego resident Boris Mikhayovich Dadiomov, 31, Soraida Veronica Castro, 42, Tania Arguello-Plasencia, 31, and San Ysidro resident Dulce Gallegos, 30, were named as the accused kidnappers on Monday. Tony Rackauckas, the district attorney, said the charges were the beginning of an investigation by his office and the California Department of Insurance into the possible involvement of medical practitioners in a fraud ring primarily affecting the Spanish-speaking population.
Carlos Arguello III, 35, of Tustin, and Edgar Gonzalez, 50, of Anaheim, are accused by prosecutors of running key firms in the network. Rackauckas claimed that in 2005, Arguello illegally contracted with 20-30 attorneys who specialized in workers’ compensation and personal injury through his advertising firm, Centro Legal Internacional. In exchange for contracts with businesses owned by Arguello and Gonzalez, the lawyers allegedly agreed to pay staff, known as cappers, a monthly stipend based on the number of clients they brought in.
The district attorney clarified that lawyers are permitted to run advertisements, but that cappers may not be used to directly recruit lawyers or doctors. Prosecutors say the cappers circulated flyers and business cards in Hispanic communities and at swap meetings, giving “free consultations” to people who thought they had been injured on the job. Callers to the free numbers provided were routed to an El Salvadorian contact center.
Prosecutors claim that within 48 hours, cappers had recruiters visit the homes of potential patients to have them sign legal documents without ever communicating with or consulting the actual attorneys. According to Rackauckas, the cappers sent the necessary legal paperwork to the attorneys and cooperating medical facilities. In addition, the attorneys had the cappers submit paperwork to insurers that they themselves had not produced or reviewed, as the district attorney pointed out. According to the prosecution, the lawyers paid the cappers monthly fees for their recruitment efforts in exchange for a portion of the insurance payments.
Rackauckas admitted that it was unclear how much of the $300 million insurance paid out to those accused of being tied to the alleged conspiracy was used to treat fake work-related injuries. Rackauckas argued that all insurance payments would be viewed as part of a fraud ring if cappers were used. On Monday, all medical bills were cleared. However, inquiries into whether or not some cappers’ patients were paid for continue.
After receiving complaints from insurance companies about what seemed to be copied-and-pasted documents, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office launched a three-year investigation in conjunction with the California Department of Insurance fraud unit. On Monday, prosecutors filed multiple felony counts against the 16 defendants, accusing them of conspiring to recommend clients for compensation, referring patients with reckless disregard for the commission of crime, and committing insurance fraud. Arguello could spend up to 29 years and 8 months in prison, while Gonzalez could spend up to 20 years and 8 months behind bars. The possible prison terms for the individual lawyers range from seven to almost twenty-six years.
Fari A Rezai Obituary and Funeral Arrangements will be Released by the Family
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