Dr. Sharareh Najafi-Piper seemed to have it all: a thriving career, a charming husband, and two lovely sons.

As the CEO of Copa Health, a prominent nonprofit in Arizona, she drew a salary of $700,000. She resided in a luxurious $2.2 million mansion in a gated Scottsdale neighborhood.

Her home was a treasure trove of designer fashion, with images capturing Najafi-Piper, 48, in chic white patent Valentino loafers and an eye-catching fur coat.

Her elegant ensembles were often complemented by dazzling jewelry.

In one snapshot, Najafi-Piper showcased $13,000 worth of 18-karat gold Cartier Love bracelets, accompanied by two diamond bracelets and a massive diamond engagement ring from her husband, Brian Piper, 41.

However, the couple’s seemingly perfect life faces turmoil after Copa Health terminated Najafi-Piper’s employment in January and filed a lawsuit against both her and her husband.

They allege their former boss and her spouse inappropriately blew vast sums of company cash on very lavish treats including luxury flights, hotels, limousines, concert tickets and personal security. 

Najafi-Piper has denied all allegations of impropriety and said she is considering counter-suing Copa Health. 

Sharareh Najafi-Piper, seen here with her son, is accused of inappropriately spending her former employer’s cash. She is seen cradling one of her two sons while wearing two Cartier Love bracelets worth $13,000 and other expensive jewelry 

Najafi-Piper is seen wearing a fur coat while enjoying a winter break with Brian and their children. Her former employer’s lawsuit accuses her of hundreds of thousands of dollars of inappropriate spending on sports games and luxury travel 

Copa’s legal filings, seen by the Daily Mail, accuse Najafi-Piper of spending $374,725 alone on tickets to watch the Arizona Cardinals, which was expensed as ‘staff benefit/team building’.

Najafi-Piper, who worked as a Chuck-E-Cheese mascot as a young woman, also allegedly splurged $57,000 on Super Bowl tickets and $40,000 for Fiesta Bowl tickets, the civil filing said. 

Copa company cash was also spent inappropriately on concert tickets to see Justin Timberlake, Post Malone, Chris Stapleton, The Weeknd and Lady Gaga perform, it is alleged.  

Copa’s lawsuit further accuses Najafi-Piper of spending huge amounts of cash inappropriately on air travel.

She allegedly blasted through $200,000 on air fares and hotels during trips to France, Canada, Mexico and Hawaii, the filings say.

The CEO used a company credit card to fund a stay inside the 5-star Le Royal Monceau in Paris, where even the most basic of rooms costs over $1,000 per-night, the suit said.

On a trip to Banff, in Canada, Najafi-Piper allegedly splurged on a stay inside the Rimrock Resort Hotel and used over $1,400 for a tour of the national park, it is claimed. 

A further $20,000 was also spent on luxury car services, and $100,000 was paid for a private security detail, the suit claimed. 

According to her LinkedIn profile she graduated from Arizona State University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology

Najafi-Piper with her husband Brian Piper and their two sons. Brian is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit filed by Copa health. The couple deny the allegations made against them

Najafi-Piper and her husband Brian live inside a $2.2 million home in a gated community in Scottsdale, Arizona (pictured)

On home soil she is accused of using the company card to stay inside the Ritz Carlton in New Orleans, a Sheraton in Hawaii and the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, according to the suit.

It is also claimed she used $2,465 of company money to fix her own car, $1,925 to throw her son a birthday party, spent $1,033 on new glasses and $645 on designer shoes.

Another $25,000 was allegedly spent on ‘dues, dinners, travel and events’ for the Young Presidents’ Organization, the suit added. 

It is also claimed that over several years she paid just shy of $87,000 to Great Hearts Academies, the charter school group attended by one of her sons, the suit said. 

The suit added: ‘Najafi-Piper betrayed the trust placed in her and the vulnerable populations Copa serves by orchestrating a year-long scheme to systematically plunder Copa’s resources to fund Roya Health and her lavish lifestyle. 

‘[Najafi-Piper] systematically abused her position and Copa’s corporate credit card, charging hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more, in personal expenses to Copa between 2021 and 2025.’

According to the suit Copa also suffered ‘multiple rounds of reductions in force resulting in cuts to some of its programs serving the most vulnerable’.

The suit said that during her employment with Copa she was ‘building’ a competitor called Roya Health instead and painted a picture of her as being an absent boss.

Najafi-Piper is seen at a ribbon-cutting ceremony while working as CEO of Copa Health 

The gorgeous couple are said to have used Copa Health cash to attend the Super Bowl and other lavish events  

Najafi-Piper has been accused of inappropriately spending Copa Health cash on trips to luxurious destinations including Banff in Canada (pictured)

The suit claimed she told other Copa employees that she was frequently ‘out in the community’ on the company’s behalf and was hardly seen at their ‘struggling’ venture in Utah despite spearheading it herself, according to the lawsuit. 

Under her leadership, the Utah side of the operation allegedly lost ‘millions of dollars’ because she ‘failed to properly oversee or manage’ it, the suit said.

The suit continued: ‘Najafi-Piper’s neglect of her duties to Copa occurred during the same period that she was actively building Roya Healthy, diverting Copa employees and resources to Roya Health, and steering Copa’s payor relationships to Roya.’ 

Cash, trade secrets and confidential information was also used to found Roya, the suit claimed.

This information, according to the filing, gave Copa a ‘competitive advantage’ over its competitors, but Najafi-Piper ‘improperly misappropriated’ privileged business information, the suit said. 

The suit claimed that due to such trade secrets being used against them, Copa had ‘suffered irreparable harm’.

‘Damages would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to compute, and the harms inflicted on Copa cannot be remedied by damages alone’, it added.

Lawyers for the firm are demanding compensatory damages to be decided at a jury trial and asked for a preliminary injunction to prohibit her new firm from using their secrets.

They also asked for all property, which included office furniture and office supplies, to be returned to them. A lawyer for the company was approached for comment. 

In a statement to Arizona Republic, Najafi-Piper described the allegations as ‘not only false but also manipulated to create a misleading narrative’.

According to the lawsuit Najafi-Piper was paid handsomely for her role as CEO of Copa, but abused the company credit card to benefit herself. She is seen working at her former job 

In 2022 she was amongst the state of Arizona’s ‘Most Influential Women’, giving a short interview in which she described herself as ‘humble’

She added that her expenses were ‘meticulously approved, adhering strictly to every policy and procedure set forth’. 

Her statement to the outlet also said she was considering legal action against Copa Health, she has not yet appointed legal representatives according to online court services viewed by the Daily Mail. 

She added: ‘Under the my leadership, Copa Health experienced significant growth, doubling in revenue size and successfully diversifying by partnering with all major health plans.’

According to her LinkedIn profile she graduated from Arizona State University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. 

She went on to earn a doctorate in psychology in 2010 from the Howard Abel School of Psychology, her profile added. 

In 2022 she was amongst the state of Arizona’s ‘Most Influential Women’, giving a short interview in which she described herself as ‘humble’.

She also said her biggest accomplishment was being appointed CEO of Copa, adding: ‘It was the appointment that gives me the most meaning.’ 

The Daily Mail has attempted to contact Najafi-Piper and her husband for comment.