$105 million in false Medicare claims by a doctor! ‘Nuff Said – PB/TK
Florida eye doctor found guilty of scamming Medicare – reuters April 28 2017
A U.S. jury on Friday found a Florida eye doctor guilty of defrauding Medicare by as much as $105 million by using false claims, including charging for eye tests of blind patients, according to a federal court document.
The ophthalmologist, Salomon Melgen, is also part of a separate corruption case in which prosecutors say he bribed U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey.
The bribery case is set for trial on Aug. 23. In March, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Menendez’s bid to have the case involving donations from Melgen thrown out.
Federal prosecutors in that case say Melgen contributed $700,000 to political committees that helped the senator win re-election in 2012.
Menendez is not a defendant in the Florida case, which involved a 32-day trial in West Palm Beach.
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