Attorney Who Ran Sober Living Homes Sentenced for $22M Urine Fraud

GREED TRUMPS MORALS –

Nov. 1, 2023 – Ganong was charged on May 19, 2017, with the following felony counts:

Conspiracy to commit medical insurance fraud
13 counts of insurance fraud
Sentencing Enhancements
Property damage over $3.2 million
Aggravated white collar crime over $500,000
Over $100,000 loss
Circumstances of the Case (from the OCDA)

Between January 2008 and December 2016, defendants Pamela and Philip Ganong owned sober living homes in Orange County, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, and San Diego, through their business William Mae Company, which operated as Compass Rose Recovery (Compass).

In December 2011, the Ganongs are accused of forming a medical testing lab called Ghostline Labs (Ghostline).

Sober living residents at Compass were recruited by other Compass residents through Craigslist and by word of mouth.

In 2012, William Mae Company/Compass had 12 employees registered on the company’s payroll and health insurance policy.

The Ganongs are accused of fraudulently listing residents and non-residents of Compass as employees and expanding their health insurance policy to cover almost 100 employees.

In January 2013, the Ganongs are accused of starting a temporary labor agency, Compass Rose Staffing, enrolling some residents and non-residents on the payroll, and requiring daily or frequent urine drug testing as a term and condition of employment.