Bond denied for suspect in fake flu shots
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge denied bond Tuesday for a man accused of providing fake flu shots for hundreds of Exxon Mobil employees and senior citizens, declaring him a flight risk.
Iyad Abu El Hawa, 35, is charged with defrauding Medicare by giving senior citizens shots filled with water instead of flu vaccine and billing the government.
El Hawa's attorney, Alphonsus Ezeoke, suggested his client may have been set up by a man who owes him money.
"I don't see how he is a flight risk, especially when we are willing to surrender both of his passports and his green card," Ezeoke said. He said El Hawa is innocent and has business ties and a family in Houston. (snip)
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***Isn't that nice? He's willing to surrender BOTH of his passports...
What a load!! I wonder if the blood tests have come back yet on all the Exxon employees he injected???? Too bad we can't inject him with something and let him squirm wondering what it was.