The Fla papers did a much better job of exposing the shady duo. And don't forget Senor Bob used US govt authority and US govt resources for self-serving purposes....to profit himself and Melgen.
PALM BEACH POST
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/eye-doctor-salomon-melgen-lost-68-million-in-inves/nWK6B/
MIAMI HERALD
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/30/3209385/complex-portrait-of-doctor-linked.html
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MELGEN/MENENDEZ--THE MURKY MIDEAST MEETS THE CORRUPT THIRD WORLD Hard to believe, but the pudgy doctor is also a player under the sheets.
MIAMI HERALD EDITED/EXCERPTED ...Palm Beach court records show that Dr Melgen (despite the bucks he freely throws at politicians to get govt favors) has faced numerous financial problems — including multiple IRS liens for millions of dollars.
One lawsuit hints at complications in his personal life. Melgen’s company, Vitreo-Retinal Consultants, sued (Dominican) Yuddehiris Dorrejo in 2000 amid a business dispute that involved (her) close relationship with Melgen.
Online records available at the Palm Beach Courthouse did not contain the full case file, but a four-page order by Palm Beach Circuit Court Judge John Wessel dismissing the case in March 2002 summarized the details of the legal dispute.
In Oct 1998, (Dominican) Dorrejo came to Florida and met Melgen at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Palm Beach County. “Thereafter, an intimate romantic relationship developed,” the judge wrote. Then Dorrejo entered into an oral (excuse the expression) agreement with Vitreo-Retinal Consultants, which was owned and controlled by Melgen. Melgen’s company had agreed to make a $700,000 loan for Dorrejo’s interest in a franchise retail store in the Dominican Republic.
Melgen acknowledged it was his idea to set up an account with Northern Trust Bank in Palm Beach County because his company had a relationship with that bank. “Melgen claims that such a large sum of money would not be deposited by a normal person as a gift for a romantic relationship,” the judge wrote.
But Dorrejo claimed that she was not a resident of Florida and doesn’t engage in business in Florida and that “the consideration for the money deposited in Northern Trust Bank was the intimate romantic relationship between Dorrejo and Melgen,” the judge wrote.
Dorrejo told the court that she had not breached any contract and that, “The money bestowed upon her by her lover, Melgen, was without any obligation for repayment” wrote the judge, who granted Dorrejo’s motion to dismiss it.
Dorrejo, who could not be reached for comment, also reported that Melgen owns property in the Dominican Republic and advertises medical services there.
(parenthetical comments those of blogger)
There may be an “Amber Alert” in Menendez’s future!