Ex-exec of Pasadena's Huntington Hospital sentenced for fraud Drs. Jason Alexander, left, Jason Hatfield and Pam Strickland attend to a burn patient at Huntington Hospital's trauma unit. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times By Matt Stevens January 17, 2012, 3:45 p.m. A former executive at Pasadena's Huntington Hospital was sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay $4.8 in restitution for running an elaborate kickback scheme that scammed the hospital into paying for more than $3 million of work that was never done. David Hamedany, 55, of Glendale had pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud in connection with the case and has reached an agreement with the hospital to settle a separate civil suit. The agreement with the hospital calls on him to transfer ownership of his residence to the institution, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela J. Davis. Between 2008 and 2010, as the hospital's director of construction, Hamedany involved seven companies and at least one of his relatives in the kickback scheme, according to the case indictment. During the investigation into the grand jury charges, federal authorities seized three vehicles and $500,000 allegedly linked to Hamedany's operation, Davis said. She added that Hamedany has agreed to forfeit the property in a separate court action. "There's no question that the conduct was egregious and that he abused a position of trust," Davis said Monday. We're very pleased with the result in the case, not only with the judge's decision, but also that Mr. Hamedany chose to accept his actions. At Tuesday's sentencing, Judge Percy Anderson said that Hamedany had "lost his moral compass" because of greed. U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Thom Mrozek said that Hamedany was originally arrested on suspicion of 12 counts of mail fraud. Calls placed to Huntington Hospital and Hamedany's attorney were not immediately returned. Hamedany will begin serving his prison term March 7, Davis said. One more thing to pick up at Home Depot: a job Expense reports: Paying for porn, lottery tickets ... and tepees? California bill would prohibit discrimination against the unemployed