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SANTO DOMINGO.- The Justice Ministry’s Anti-laundering Unit warned that it plans to recommend the extradition to the United States of eight alleged Dominican partners of the Benítez brothers, charged with defrauding the U.S. Social Security’s Medicare system out of US$110 million.
Assistant prosecutor German Miranda said the suspects could face criminal prosecution in Dominican Republic for money laundering if the evidence continues to implicate them, or even extradition to the U.S., “then the airplane will have to take a few more."
He reiterated there are eight Dominicans in the current list of people allegedly associated with the Cuban brothers, for conspiracy to hide the foreigners’ astronomical investment now being uncovered. He said they’ve already been contacted and located.
He said four more vehicles were seized in Higüey pertaining to the Benítez brothers on Saturday and didn’t rule out new confiscations in addition to the 12 apartments located in a high rise and the motel Cabañas Bayamesa, both located on the seaside avenue Malecon.
Estimates on the cost of the properties and assets in possession of the authorities or pending confiscation run as high as RD$300 billion, attributed to the Cuban brothers Oscar, Carlos, Luis and Jose Benítez.
Operative the seizure the 17 this month began in the tourist zone the Altagracia, where goods evaluated in tens millions dollars and titles properties pertaining to the imputed ones money laundering were seized.
Seized so far are an aquatic park, a car rental, two catamarans, two cabins, 12 luxury apartments, two villas, 22 boats, guns and cash, 40 boats, yachts, animals, and a hotel under construction, reportedly worth more than RD$500 million, in operations conducted in Higüey, Punta Cana and Bavaro (east). The seizures of assets said to belong to the Benítez brothers began July 17 in Altagracia province
Dominican authorities have issued an international arrest warrant against the Cubans, now in the hands of INTERPOL.
According to the Miami Herald, the Benitez brothers had links to the clinics: AH Medical Office Inc., Advanced Medical Rehabilitation Center Inc., Best Medi Corp., Physician's Health Med-Care, Physician's Med-Care Inc., Saint Jude Rehab Center Inc., Global Med-Care Corp., CNC Medical Corp., G&S Medical Centers Inc., Karla Medical Services Inc. and and Best Medicare Inc.
SOURCE: eldia.com.do, diariolibre.com.do, listin.com.do
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http://www.medicare.gov/fraudabuse/Tips.asp
Some examples of Medicare fraud include:
Billling Medicare or another insurer for services or items you never got.
Billing Medicare for services or equipment which are different from what you got.
Use of another person’s Medicare card to get medical care, supplies, or equipment.
Billing Medicare for home medical equipment after it has been returned.
[The Cuban American bourgeoisie or, in other words, the Miami mafia shows true capitalist entrepreneurial spirit in committing medicare fraud on the US government and others, which is second only to their love electoral fraud.]
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In Miami, Cuban American taxi drivers believe they're are doctors once the Florida State Department of Motor Vehicles issues them a chauffeur's license.
"Since a large minority of the US citizens are immoral, the state shouldn't pay for anybody's health care. Let the market decide who's treated.," reationaries argue.
One reactionary Cuban American congresswoman in Miami says the medicare fraud on the US Department of Health and Human Services totals so far about $30 billion in Florida alone and much of it is connected to Cuban American "doctors" and "health professionals."
They're pros alright.
did they buy you a Condo in DR? if these two where born in Cuba they will be going back to Cuba, they most likely sent all the money they had left to Cuba. I would have.....
thy will be deported anyway sooner or later