Weight-loss surgeons falsified records, cheated patients, insurers out of $250 million, prosecutors allege
(LA Times Clippers)

For years, it was hard to miss the billboards and radio jingles for a weight loss surgery center that promised, `Let your new life begin, call 1-800-GET-THIN.` But on Wednesday, federal prosecutors charged that the lap-band surgery operation was at the center of a massive fraud scheme that forced...