Jury Selection Begins in $190 Million Medicare Fraud Trial, Tied to Criminal Charges Against Democratic Sen. Menendez: http://ift.tt/2n55vhJ![WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 07: U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee April 7, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on]()
Jury selection began on Monday in a federal district court in West Palm Beach, Florida in the trial of Salmon Melgen, “where he faces 76 counts charging him with stealing up to $190 million from Medicare between 2004 and 2013,” the SunSentinel reported. Melgen was indicted on April 15, 2015 in a “Medicare fraud scheme that prosecutors said attempted to bilk the health care program out of as much as $190 million,” as the Associated Press reported at the time. Two weeks earlier, on April 1, 2015, Melgen and his friend and political ally, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) were indicted on charges of public corruption. Menendez (pictured) “was accused of using his office to improperly benefit a Florida eye doctor and political donor who provided him with trips aboard his luxury jet,” Associated Press reported. The eye doctor is Melgen. “The indictment from a federal grand jury in New Jersey charged the senator with 14 counts, including bribery and conspiracy, over his ties to Dr. Salomon Melgen, a wealthy doctor and the politician’s longtime friend [who] …also was charged in the case,” the Associated Press noted. This fall, both men are expected to stand trial on the public corruption finish reading at http://ift.tt/2mEHUac
Jury selection began on Monday in a federal district court in West Palm Beach, Florida in the trial of Salmon Melgen, “where he faces 76 counts charging him with stealing up to $190 million from Medicare between 2004 and 2013,” the SunSentinel reported. Melgen was indicted on April 15, 2015 in a “Medicare fraud scheme that prosecutors said attempted to bilk the health care program out of as much as $190 million,” as the Associated Press reported at the time. Two weeks earlier, on April 1, 2015, Melgen and his friend and political ally, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) were indicted on charges of public corruption. Menendez (pictured) “was accused of using his office to improperly benefit a Florida eye doctor and political donor who provided him with trips aboard his luxury jet,” Associated Press reported. The eye doctor is Melgen. “The indictment from a federal grand jury in New Jersey charged the senator with 14 counts, including bribery and conspiracy, over his ties to Dr. Salomon Melgen, a wealthy doctor and the politician’s longtime friend [who] …also was charged in the case,” the Associated Press noted. This fall, both men are expected to stand trial on the public corruption finish reading at http://ift.tt/2mEHUac