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payee line on the checks with either “Cash”, his own name, or
with the name of his mother. Falahy’s first four installment
checks delivered to Ahmed relating to Falahy’s apparent purchase
of the Lynwood Clinic totaled $66,000.
In April of 1998, because of his conclusion that Ahmed’s
various pharmacies, medical clinics, and lab were engaging in
illegal medical and business practices, Darwish terminated his
employment and any further association with Ahmed’s pharmacies,
clinics, and lab.
Even after Darwish terminated his affiliation with Ahmed, in
the operation of the lab Ahmed continued to use Darwish’s name
and a stamp for Darwish’s signature.
Upon receiving from Darwish complaints about the continued
use of Darwish’s name in connection with operation of the lab,
Ahmed transferred nominal stock ownership of AML to his father.
In May of 1998, Elkholy took a leave of absence from Yale
University School of Medicine, where he had been employed as an
instructor, and he went to California to determine whether Ahmed
in fact was using his name in the operation of the medical
clinics, as Saghir claimed, and to further evaluate whether it
would be a wise investment to purchase an interest in the medical
clinics.
To this end, during May and June of 1998, Elkholy worked as
an employee in the CK medical clinics. At the beginning of his
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