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Mon Jan 30, 2017, 12:28 PM Jan 2017

David Gomez Gets 41 Months for Scamming His Union's Healthcare Plan

A member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 13 has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for scamming the healthcare plan for dockworkers at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles out of more than a quarter million dollars.

United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner imposed the sentence Jan. 9 to David Gomez, who was convicted in October of 20 counts of mail fraud.

In 2009, Gomez and Sergio Amador opened the Port Medical clinic in Long Beach to provide medical and chiropractic care. The following year, they opened a second clinic under the same name in San Pedro.

The pair earned pay from the clinics and fellow members of the ILWU Local 13 got financial incentives in the form of sponsorships of softball and basketball teams, with the understanding that players would visit Port Medical, according to the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles.

Read more: http://www.ocweekly.com/news/david-gomez-gets-41-months-for-scamming-his-unions-healthcare-plan-7835724

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