Orange County attorney Wayne Gross was referenced in an LA Times article regarding investigations about Lap-Band’s alleged misleading advertising, health risks and insurance fraud.

From the article:

Wayne Gross, a former federal prosecutor who now defends white-collar cases for Greenberg Traurig in Irvine, said the Department of Insurance has a team of investigators who work with federal and state prosecutors to bring criminal charges.

Prosecutors, either with the county district attorney’s office or U.S. attorney’s office, ultimately decide whether to file charges, said Gross, who as a federal prosecutor handled a fraud case that was investigated by the Department of Insurance.

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