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Florida fraud suspect caught fleeing to Cuba on Jet Ski
WFLA News Channel 8 ^ | June 15, 2022 | The Associated Press

Posted on 06/15/2022 12:11:47 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A Cuban man charged in a $4.2 million Medicare fraud scheme is being held as a flight risk after officials said he tried to flee the U.S. on a Jet Ski.

Court records show that a federal judge in Miami ordered 54-year-old Ernesto Cruz Graveran to be detained pending trial Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at wfla.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Cuba; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: coastguard; cpb; cuba; escape; florida; floridaman; fraud
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1 posted on 06/15/2022 12:11:47 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“Take this Jet Ski to Cuba!”


2 posted on 06/15/2022 12:12:24 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Unless he had a huge gas tank, he wouldn’t make it................


3 posted on 06/15/2022 12:13:50 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Not the Bee


4 posted on 06/15/2022 12:16:21 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: dfwgator
“Take this Jet Ski to Cuba!”

"All these years you've been coming to Havana Harbor on a Jet Ski, and we've never found any contraband hidden in the watercraft. What have you been smuggling?"

"Jet Skis."

5 posted on 06/15/2022 12:16:25 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Red Badger

My first thought was he must have had a couple 5 gallon saddlebags.


6 posted on 06/15/2022 12:16:36 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: Red Badger

Maybe he thought he only had to make it to the 12 mile limit.


7 posted on 06/15/2022 12:17:02 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Red Badger

Isn’t Cuba only 90 miles away?
I think some Jet Skis have that kind of range


8 posted on 06/15/2022 12:17:59 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Red Badger

could go 75-100 miles... but 91 miles is from Key West... dunno how far from Miami. Bahamas would be closer?

IAE I wouldn’t risk running out of gas there.


9 posted on 06/15/2022 12:18:08 PM PDT by Principled (Biden is illegitimate and whatever he says can be ignored. )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

In general, a jet ski can go somewhere from 75-150 miles on a tank of gas. Cuba is 90 miles from Key West.


10 posted on 06/15/2022 12:18:32 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Principled

51 miles from Miami to Bimini.


11 posted on 06/15/2022 12:19:28 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Yo-Yo

Nice. 😆


12 posted on 06/15/2022 12:19:38 PM PDT by Qui is (First, never apologize to the enemy, and second, never forget that Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Whatever else you may think of him, you’ve got to admire his moxie.


13 posted on 06/15/2022 12:19:50 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

he’s kinda living up to his name...


14 posted on 06/15/2022 12:19:58 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

He should have defrauded the American taxpayer by stealing Covid funds. The government has already decided so much was stolen that they don’t have the resources or desire to track it down.


15 posted on 06/15/2022 12:21:18 PM PDT by blackdog (Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
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To: 1Old Pro

In open ocean wave conditions the range will be a lot less than that.


16 posted on 06/15/2022 12:23:28 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A. Do the gasoline calculation
B. Bring enough gas
C. Know how to perform maintenance on jet ski
D. Don’t bring your cell phone!
17 posted on 06/15/2022 12:23:44 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: heavy metal
he’s kinda living up to his name...

OK you made me look...

18 posted on 06/15/2022 12:24:06 PM PDT by Principled (Biden is illegitimate and whatever he says can be ignored. )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I don’t know what to think...

The Bahamas are roughly 50 miles from where he took off on a JET SKI, Cuba is roughly 90 miles away?

Must not take much intelligence to defraud Medicare out of money.

5.56mm


19 posted on 06/15/2022 12:25:47 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
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To: steve86
In open ocean wave conditions the range will be a lot less than that.

No doubt.

20 posted on 06/15/2022 12:26:05 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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