Ex-Hospital Official, Two Sons Get Prison for Fraud

A former administrator of an Inglewood hospital and two of his sons were sentenced to prison Monday for their roles in a false billing and kickback scheme that defrauded local hospitals and businesses out of millions of dollars.

Donald A. Wright Sr., 57, former director of engineering at Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, was sentenced to three years in prison, fined $100,000 and ordered to pay $23,799 in restitution to the hospital.

Wright’s oldest son, Donald Wright Jr., 36, of Simi Valley, was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role as the mastermind of the scheme and fined $500,000. Also sentenced to prison was another of Wright’s sons, Richard Wright, 34, of Chatsworth.