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the medical boards. Ahmed and Elkholy both had lived in the same
neighborhood, and both had worked in the same New York City
hospital.
By 1993, Elkholy had obtained a medical degree and a
California medical license. Ahmed’s wife had obtained a medical
degree but apparently was not licensed to practice medicine in
California.
To increase prescriptions filled by Ahmed’s pharmacies,
Ahmed established a procedure for the medical clinic under which
drug prescriptions would not be given directly to patients of the
clinic; rather, clinic employees would deliver or would fax drug
prescriptions for clinic patients directly to Ahmed’s pharmacies.
Ahmed threatened to terminate clinic employees who did not follow
this procedure.
Also, Ahmed established a policy for his medical clinic that
each patient was to receive either an x ray, a lab test, or a
shot, and each patient was to be provided a prescription. These
services and prescriptions were provided to each patient of
Ahmed’s clinic regardless of the medical necessity and were
intended to increase revenue for Ahmed’s pharmacies and clinic.
On June 13, 1996, Ahmed caused his accountant, one Ahmad
Saghir (Saghir), to prepare and to file articles of incorporation
for Clinica Santa Maria, Inc. (CSM). Without Elkholy’s
permission or knowledge, Elkholy was identified as the sole
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