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California doctor, Tigran Svadjian nabbed by Feds in Egypt, 14 years after he faked his death to dodge fraud charges

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"ra-credit"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;300505&semi;">California doctor&comma; Tigran Svadjian&comma; fakes his own death to avoid charges of health care fraud <&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"ra-credit"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;300505&semi;">14 years  later authorities find Svadjian&comma; 59&comma; alive in Egypt working as scuba instructor&comma;  take him into custody<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"ra-credit"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;300505&semi;">Svadjian told FBI agents&comma; a police officer in Russia helped fake his death for a &&num;8220&semi;service fee&&num;8221&semi; of &dollar;200<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"ra-credit"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;300505&semi;">California dimissed charges in 2013&comma; because defendant was deceased<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00ML5AGRY&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00ML5AGRY&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;0c757a431ec06cf065680c62cf5224fc"><img class&equals;" alignright" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;&lowbar;encoding&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;ASIN&equals;B00ML5AGRY&amp&semi;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;ID&equals;AsinImage&amp&semi;WS&equals;1&amp&semi;Format&equals;&lowbar;SL250&lowbar;&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00ML5AGRY" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00ML5AGRY" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;>A California doctor who allegedly faked his own death to avoid prosecution for health care fraud was alive on arrival in Brooklyn Federal Court&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Tigran Svadjian was nabbed in Egypt last month and<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00ML5AGRY&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00ML5AGRY&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;b74a94d7f5b25d51ade166311b16cfa7">Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ice Blue Dial Platinum Mens Watch 116506IBLSO<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>returned to Kennedy Airport for the first leg of his return trip from the dead&period; Svadjian was ordered held without bail and will be transported to California to face a federal indictment charging him with bilking the Medi-Cal system out of &dollar;2&period;4 million in fraudulent billings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-64376" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;tigran-svadjian3&period;png" alt&equals;"Tigran Svadjian3&period;png" width&equals;"556" height&equals;"74" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Public records indicate Tigran Svadjian is deceased as of Oct&period;&comma; 2002<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Svadjian was last heard from in the fall of 2002 when his attorney notified prosecutors that he would be traveling to Moscow because his mother was sick&comma; according to court papers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The U&period;S&period; Embassy was notified on Oct&period; 24&comma; 2002 that Svadjian had died of pneumonia and his remains were cremated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;California prosecutors dismissed the indictment in 2013 although they were unable to confirm his death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-64371" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;tigran-svadjian2&period;png" alt&equals;"Tigran Svadjian2&period;png" width&equals;"631" height&equals;"571" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-credit"> California dimissed the charges in 2013&comma; because the defendant was deceased<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00HK8BW2A&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00HK8BW2A&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;aaf49bf89c62c8f6b22480ab60d46b0b"><img class&equals;" alignright" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;&lowbar;encoding&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;ASIN&equals;B00HK8BW2A&amp&semi;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;ID&equals;AsinImage&amp&semi;WS&equals;1&amp&semi;Format&equals;&lowbar;SL250&lowbar;&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a>Then last month Svadjian was arrested in Egypt&comma; where he had apparently been living for more than a decade and working part-time as a scuba instructor&period; He was trying to travel to Russia with a fake Lithuanian passport so he could visit his girlfriend who is pregnant with his second child&period;<img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00HK8BW2A" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00HK8BW2A&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00HK8BW2A&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;89d498248cd468df4f8cd80f71beb0e4">Callaway Men&&num;8217&semi;s Strata Ultimate Set &lpar;18-Piece&comma; Right&rpar;<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00HK8BW2A" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Svadjian told FBI agents in Egypt that a police officer in Russia had helped him fake his death for a &&num;8220&semi;service fee&&num;8221&semi; of &dollar;200&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A lawyer appointed to represent Svadjian in Brooklyn waived his extradition to California&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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