Posted on 04/01/2015 4:10:50 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
The South Fla doctor who billed Medicare for $21 million in 2012 alone, is a generous political donor to NJ Sen Robert Menendez, now under investigation by federal public corruption prosecutors.
The millionaire surgeon, lives luxuriously in North Palm Beach, Fla, and travels by private jet, to his luxe villa in the Dominican Republic.
Menendez took free rides on the doctor’s private jet and stayed at his luxury resort villa in the Dominican Republic. The senator was forced to pay back the cost of the travel under scrutiny. Melgen donated over $700,000 to Menendez's PAC......Menendez made calls on the Melgen’s behalf to HHS when Melgen was beset with overbilling allegations.
Menendez used his Senate office to advocate on behalf of the doctor---Menendez called a special Senate hearing into the doctor's port security contract in the Dominican Republic.
The hearing involved a port security company that Dr. Melgen had purchased in the hopes that the Dominican Republic would start screening every container on every outbound vessel. The Customs agency refused to honor the contract; Sen Menendez urged US officials to get involved.
Without mentioning his friend, the senator used his powerful position to urge federal agencies not to donate free port equipment that would have competed with the doctor’s business plans. Dr. Melgen and his family in the Dominican Republic are powerful members of the political establishment. Dr. Melgen co-founded Voxxi, a Hispanic-oriented news site, which has published laudatory articles about the doctor and the Senator. (Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
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Florida resident Melgen (under indictment for Medicaid fraud) paid $30,400 for the privilege of co-hosting a 2009 fundraiser for Democrats' DSCC committee then-headed by NJ's Menendez.
A picture at the event ----of Melgen w/ Obama---has been scrubbed.
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DID MENENDEZ AND MELGEN FACILITATE THIS?
MIAMI HERALD REPORT--November 19, 2014---US TAX DOLLARS FUNNELLED TO CENTRAL AMERICA HELL HOLES---Eleven people associated with a South Florida managed care company were charged with fleecing Medicare for services provided to individuals---supposedly US citizens---while they were living in the Dominican Republic (and in Nicaragua).
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People in NJ will be so happy when he gets off.
Too bad they can’t catch all of them.
It is really dangerous for a rat to confront Iman Obozo and his nazi staff like Holder.
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