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Surgeon Who Made Assistants Perform Surgeries Faces Insurance Fraud Charges

A California orthopedic surgeon and several of her associates are accused of causing nearly two dozen patients to suffer significant injuries by having physician’s assistants—not doctors—operate on them. So reports the Associated Press.

The surgeon, Dr. Munir Uwaydah, faces a 57-count indictment in connection with what qualifies as one of California’s biggest insurance fraud schemes ever. She and her 11 co-defendants, who include another physician and a lawyer, face up to life in prison if convicted.

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