Police still investigating Meyers

Andrew Glazer

COSTA MESA -- Less than 10 days before the recently fired director of the

Costa Mesa Senior Center stands trial on fraud charges in Oregon, local

police are still investigating whether he impersonated doctors, skimmed

money from nonprofit organizations and served jail time for choking a

psychiatrist whose identity he assumed, authorities said.

Costa Mesa Police Lt. Ron Smith said no charges have been filed against

Dr. Alan M. Meyers, 59, who lives in Anaheim.

Meyers, who has previously denied any wrongdoing on his part, could not

be reached for comment.

Smith said investigators are attempting to determine if the senior

center’s board of directors hired Meyers based on a bogus resume’ that

stated he was a JAG officer, had a law degree from Oxford University and

earned graduate degrees from the University of Michigan.

Investigators are also wading through the senior center’s financial

records to determine if any money is missing, Smith said, adding that it

may take the department up to three weeks to do so.

The board members fired Meyers last month after hearing from police what

they felt was compelling evidence suggesting possible fraud.

Meyers is scheduled to go to trial in Klamath Falls, Ore., for similar

allegations in mid-June. In December, he turned himself in to Anaheim

police after a Klamath County grand jury indicted him. He posted a bond

to cover his $50,000 bail.

Klamath Falls police officials believe Meyers stole $8,500 from a

nonprofit health clinic serving migrant workers by submitting phony

expense reports.

In their investigation, Costa Mesa police found an “Imposter Alert,”

released by the Medical Board of California, which provided a detailed

timeline of Meyers’ string of alleged frauds in Arizona, Washington,

Oregon, California and Washington D.C.

Published reports and law enforcement officials allege that Meyers, since

as early as 1969, has used a series of aliases, including Carmi Bar-Ilan.

More than 20 years ago, Bar-Ilan served 15 months in a federal prison

after he was convicted of armed robbery for attempting to choke a doctor

he was impersonating.