2 From Calif. Accused In $105M Fraud Case

By Anthony Clark Carpio, Huntington Beach Independent, Calif.

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

Aug. 28--Fifteen people, including a doctor and a pharmacist from Huntington Beach, are facing charges of defrauding insurance companies of more than $100 million by mass-producing, distributing and prescribing an expensive toxic medication. Three of the accused also are charged with manslaughter after a baby boy died as a result of exposure to the cream, the Orange County district attorney's office said. Pharmacist Curtis William Hague, 42, Dr. Rahil Rashid Khan, 46, and the other defendants were scheduled to be arraigned last week, but the proceeding was postponed until September, said Assistant District Atty. Scott Zidbeck. "It's not unusual for a case of this depth or complexity," he said.

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