This lawsuit has already happened. They were ordered to pay $50,000
per store, which at that time amounted to a grand total of $500,000.

The deal was struck that the Dr's were to be completely independent.
So here in CA the Musa's were paying into a set up account on the
Dr's behalf. The Dr was to pay the employees with that money and
whatever else to fake the deal. That's how they figured to get around
the "independent" clause. The Dr here was LIVID to say the least. He
already has his own practice, and he wanted nothing to do with having
dual ownership responsibilities. So this Dr was satisfied with the
fake account.


So if there is still an investigation then that would mean that they
are checking for compliance with the law? Or are they striking a new
aligation of some kind of tax evasion?


--- In eyegw@yahoogroups.com, Con Artist <exmusadoctor@y...> wrote:
> Ripple effects exist everywhere in this company. It only takes one
lawsuit to take the Musa boys down in a big way. Why? Because in
this company what they have done to one employee they have done to
many.
>
> For example, the state of Florida is investigating right now if Eye
Glass World abused the independent contractor status of its doctors.
There are a set of 20 criteria that must be met to call someone an
independent contractor. Nearly all of them have to be met otherwise
the doctors are employees.
>
> When the Musas set doctors schedules, schedule patients from their
home office in southern Florida, when they collect all the doctors
fees and don't allow the doctors to collect their own fees they are
violating not just one but many of the criteria that make someone an
independent contractor. if the state of Florida is successful in
determining that doctors were employees and not contractors the musas
would be responsible for a large amount of back taxes and penalties.
>
> I know of people that have met with the states attornies recently;
this is closer to frutition than anyone could imagine.
>