Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 2006 photo of former doctor Julian Omidi. (Bruce Gifford / Getty Images) A former doctor was found guilty by a federal jury this ...

Remember this? Ads for 1-800-GET-THIN once blanketed the freeways. Now their promoter has been convicted of fraud. (Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times) The ancient Greeks had a phrase often rendered as: ...

The mother of two brothers behind the now-defunct 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign was convicted Friday of violating laws designed to prevent money laundering. Jurors reached their verdict after listening ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Southern California doctor was convicted Thursday of falsely billing military and private insurers $355 million for weight-loss surgeries. Julian Omidi, 53, of West ...

A Los Angeles woman has asked a federal judge to sentence her to probation instead of prison for violating laws designed to prevent money laundering. Cindy Omidi, 66, was convicted in October of ...

Julian Omidi, shown in 2006, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud related to his 1-800-GET-THIN business. (Bruce Gifford/FilmMagic) A former doctor convicted of fraudulently ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) — The mastermind behind the 1-800-GET-THIN fraud scheme that billed insurance companies hundreds of millions of dollars for forged sleep studies and unnecessary Lap-Band surgeries was ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- A prosecutor told a Los Angeles jury Wednesday that the operators of the now-defunct 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign used fabricated sleep studies to convince insurance companies to ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In 2009, Julian Omidi, a former dermatologist, had his medical license revoked for engaging in dishonest and unprofessional behavior.