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An attorney and former construction manager for Huntington Memorial Hospital pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal mail fraud charges, admitting that he participated in an illegal kickback scheme.
John Haw, 52, of Aliso Viejo, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud before United States District Judge Percy Anderson.
Haw performed legal and consulting services for Huntington Memorial Hospital while the institution was in the process of completing a large-scale construction project involving the renovation and expansion of its Emergency Department. Under contracts with the hospital, Haw was paid as much as $275 an hour, and from March 2008 through April 2009, Huntington paid Haw nearly $350,000. During this same period, Haw had an agreement with David Hamedany, Huntington's director of construction, under which Haw paid kickbacks in exchange for promises that Haw would continue to receive work and that Hamedany would try to get more billable hours for Haw. As part of the agreement, Haw paid an entity controlled by Hamedany - Cyrus Engineering - more than $56,000 in kickbacks, according to Haw's plea agreement.
Haw is the fourth person to be convicted in connection with kickbacks and related schemes that victimized Huntington Memorial Hospital.
more: http://www.justice.gov/usao/cac/Pressroom/2012/163.html
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Thank You,
Eric Newman, Esq., CCEP
HCCA/SCCE Social Media Manager
eric.newman@hcca-info.org (952) 405-7938
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