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employment, Elkholy was led to believe by Ahmed that a Dr. Jules
O’Laco (O’Laco) owned the clinics. The paychecks that Elkholy
received bore the purported signature of O’Laco. O’Laco,
however, did not actually sign the checks. Rather, Ahmed either
forged O’Laco’s signature on the checks or used a stamp for
O’Laco’s signature.
By June of 1998, it became apparent to Elkholy that Ahmed
had used, and continued to use, Elkholy’s name to circumvent
California law relating to ownership of the medical clinics and
to open bank accounts, and that the clinics were becoming known
to the public under the name “Clinica Kholy”.
Elkholy then took a number of steps to stop Ahmed from using
his name. Elkholy went to the Medical Board in Sacramento and
requested cancellation of his license to practice medicine in the
State of California. At the end of June of 1998, Elkholy
contacted local authorities. Based on Elkholy’s complaints, the
local sheriff temporarily removed the employees from the clinics
and padlocked the doors. In December of 1998, Elkholy filed a
lawsuit against Ahmed for Ahmed’s unauthorized use of his name.
Within a week of the above closing of the clinics, Ahmed
reopened the clinics under the nominal ownership of a Dr. Robert
Leslie (Leslie), a doctor Ahmed recently had hired to work in the
clinics.
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