United States v. Sam Solakyan

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50023

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:18-cr-04163- v. BAS-

SAM SARKIS SOLAKYAN,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Cynthia A. Bashant, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 17, 2023 Pasadena, California

Filed September 30, 2024

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Daniel P. Collins, and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Sanchez SUMMARY*

Criminal Law

The panel (1) affirmed Sam Sarkis Solakyan’s conviction for (a) conspiracy to commit honest-services mail fraud and health-care fraud and (b) honest-services mail fraud and aiding and abetting; (2) vacated the district court’s restitution order; and (3) remanded for further proceedings, in a case arising from a workers’ compensation fraud that generated $263 million in claims. Solakyan, the owner and operator of multiple medical- imaging companies, routed unsuspecting patients from complicit physicians and medical…