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NEW YORK.- Federal agents search Dominican Republic for the fugitive remittance company owner Jorge Emilio Perez, indicted on an alleged US$30.0 million fraud against U.S. Medicare in South Florida.

Prosecutors say Perez’s company used Cuban banks to take the money swindled out of the U.S., and believe he fled to Dominican Republic a few weeks ago.

Investigators followed the money trail to banks in Cuba, and added charges of conspiracy against Perez, founder of Caribbean Transfers, and also charged Philip Ruiz and Kirian Vega of laundering money through the agency which also cashes checks.

Cuba’s government licensed Caribbean Transfers to conduct transactions from other Caribbean countries with that island nation.

Cuban born Ruiz, a naturalized American, was denied bail in Miami federal court, where prosecutors motioned that he poses a flight risk to his home country or others in the region.

The Justice Department said at the time there’s no evidence linking Havana to the scam and money laundering, and Cuban officials have denied involvement.

Cuban brothers

The most notorious case of U.S. Medicare fraud involving Dominican Republic occurred three years ago, when the three Cuban born Benitez brothers fled Florida after being charged with scamming more than US$100.0 million from the health service. They reportedly returned to Cuba and haven’t been heard since.

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61 comment(s)
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
I am possessed
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
all five of them
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
did josean get his operation before they were closed down _
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
did josean get his operation before they were closed down _
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
did josean get his operation before they were closed down _
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
did josean get his operation before they were closed down _
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
did josean get his operation before they were closed down _
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
did josean get his operation before they were closed down _
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
did josean get his operation before they were closed down _
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
did josean get his operation before they were closed down _
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
did josean get his operation before they were closed down _
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
did josean get his operation before they were closed down _
Written by: dreamkiller, 23 Oct 2012 10:26 AM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
did josean get his operation before they were closed down _
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 23 Oct 2012 10:48 AM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
Missing two more: AC and Sandusky; Pretty soon the "AC's Apology".
Written by: dreadlocks, 23 Oct 2012 11:28 AM
From: United States
says ingle

Written by: ingle23, 23 Oct 2012 10:48 AM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
Missing two more: AC and Sandusky; Pretty soon the "AC's Apology".

what are you waiting on? what's holding you up?
Written by: PapaD0c, 23 Oct 2012 12:17 PM
From: Haiti

lol.
Written by: Vivacuba, 23 Oct 2012 12:54 PM
From: Dominican Republic
US Agents. UUUuuhhhhhhhhhhhh
Written by: josean, 23 Oct 2012 1:00 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016


"U.S. agents seek another Cuban in major Medicare fraud"

Could it be dreamkiller or ALPHA66?


Written by: Danilo, 23 Oct 2012 1:03 PM
From: Dominican Republic, www.DuckyDeals.com
elBuscoonDemarikoon,
They're looking for you!
Written by: elBuscoon, 23 Oct 2012 1:51 PM
From: Cuba, La Havana, Que Viva La Revolucion

Fock'em

Jail in the Usa is better than a Five Star Resort in the DR. Three hots and a room, free medical and dental care, university program, free gym, Free elect, rent, a/c, cable, water and you dont have to fix shit.
Written by: elBuscoon, 23 Oct 2012 2:30 PM
From: Cuba, La Havana, Que Viva La Revolucion

Dreamkiller is wacking off at the keyboard again...

You are One Sick Puppy!
Written by: danny00, 23 Oct 2012 2:45 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
denied bail in Miami federal court, where prosecutors motioned that he poses a flight risk to his home country or others in the region.

NOW THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE "NO BAIL"
ONLY OTHER THING I CAN THINK OF IS THAT I HOPE AND PRAY HIS MOTHER AND HIS KIDS AND UNBORN KIDS GET CANCER.
IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM COME AND SEE ME U CUBAN TOUGH GUY.
STAY IN CUBA AND ROB EACH OTHER. U LOW LIFE PIECE OF S........
Written by: danny00, 23 Oct 2012 2:51 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
medicare in south florida.

these f%&*ing cubas are into every scam they can get into, but they gave up the drug trade for most part {way much time in the big house} and now they went into medicare scams. in cuba the advage salary for most people that have a job is $20us a month. one can buy a beautiful lady for $us20 for the whole night.
they come to the states and should kiss the ground when they land but by the 2nd day they are here they get into the mafia thing.
should stop the flow of these low-lifes who give nothing back to this country they be better off in the dr.
Written by: elBuscoon, 23 Oct 2012 3:41 PM
From: Cuba, La Havana, Que Viva La Revolucion

Danny00

Go take your Meds and smoke your Crack.

Your starting to sound like a Haitian.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 24 Oct 2012 9:09 AM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
Still at large: DK and AC.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 24 Oct 2012 5:48 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
DK has been deleted....just one wanted: AC.
Written by: HaitianToday, 24 Oct 2012 7:48 PM
From: Haiti
U.S. Exec Receives Record 15 Year Prison Sentence for Bribing Haitian Officials

MIAMI, USA - The former president of a Miami telecommunications company has been sentenced to a record 15-year prison term for bribing Haitian government officials at Teleco.

Prosecutors say the sentence imposed Wednesday on 52-year-old Joel Esquenazi, of Terra Telecommunications Corporation was the longest ever under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Another former executive of the company received an eight-year sentence. Four other people have been convicted and sent to prison. Five others are charged in a separate indictment.

The two were convicted in August of money laundering, wire fraud and conspiracy to violate the anti-corruption law. Court records show they paid $890,000 into shell companies used to bribe Haitian officials.
Written by: HaitianToday, 24 Oct 2012 7:50 PM
From: Haiti
The goal was for Terra to gain advantage over competitors for business with Haiti's state-owned communications company.

Teleco has been a sore spot in Haitian telecommunications as other, foreign owned companies flourished. Many Haitians would point to terrible service and corruption as Teleco's biggest problems.

Customers say to get a phone line connected it would take from 6 months, up to a year, even after placing a deposit and setting up an order. It would take bribes to get service or repairs made timely.
Written by: HaitianToday, 24 Oct 2012 10:44 PM
From: Haiti

Former Haitian Gov't Official Gets 9 Years Accepting Telecom Bribes.

MIAMI, USA The former director of international relations for the former Haitian government telecommunications company, Teleco, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison on Monday for accepting $500,000 US in exchange for preferable treatment to certain telecommunication companies.

Jean Rene Duperval, 45, worked as the director of international relations. During this time he had allowed a network to engage in international calls against the interests of Teleco whose long-distance telephone service was systematically under-billed.

Assistant U.S. Attorney James Koukios said in an Associated Press report that Duperval's crimes were notable because he came from a prominent Haitian family with access to wealth and advantage. He was appointed to the Haiti Teleco position in 2003 by former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Written by: HaitianToday, 24 Oct 2012 10:45 PM
From: Haiti
"This is a person who didn't have to steal. He didn't have to take that money. But he did," Koukios said. "That was money for the people of Haiti. It wasn't for Mr. Duperval."

Duperval, who used the bribe money for personal expenses such as mortgage payments and children's education costs, also was ordered to forfeit more than $433,000 in assets. He did not speak at Monday's hearing but his wife, Ingrid Duperval, asked for mercy. Duperval, has three children and a home in Miramar, Florida, USA.
Eight other suspects, former Haitian officials and American contractors, were convicted of corruption and money laundering in connection with the application of a federal instrument known in the United States as the law against corrupt practices abroad.
Written by: jojosnogood, 25 Oct 2012 2:25 AM
From: Dominican Republic
that guy is already in cuba enjoy the fruits of his scam,the us can never get him.thats were to go when ur wanted.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 25 Oct 2012 7:26 AM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
Still at large: AC

DK turned himself to the INTERPOL.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 26 Oct 2012 9:07 AM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
AC still at large....
Written by: Vivacuba, 27 Oct 2012 3:27 AM
From: Dominican Republic
headilne should read 5 criminals catch another
Written by: HaitianToday, 27 Oct 2012 10:51 AM
From: Haiti
'Most-Wanted' Man Flees to Haiti with $10.7 Million.

A New York businessman accused of bilking Medicaid for up to $10.7 million has landed on the nation's most-wanted list for health care fraud.

Etienne Allonce, 46, is charged with helping to steal patient information from Queens and Brooklyn nursing homes and using it to create bogus Medicaid bills.

Allonce, who lived in Westbury, L.I., and ran a medical equipment company, is believed to have fled to Haiti.

His name was added last month to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' most-wanted list - created to put a face on health care fraud.

Written by: HaitianToday, 27 Oct 2012 10:52 AM
From: Haiti
"We've found this poster is part of an overall campaign to make people aware that we are going to go after you and we are going to find you," said Luis Rosero, a deputy assistant secretary for the federal agency.

Investigators are ramping up scrutiny of medical scams in the scramble to save health care dollars.

Allonce allegedly ran the scam, which billed Medicaid for wound-care supplies that were never needed or provided, with his wife, Elene Michel. She is in jail awaiting trial, while their teen daughter has been forced to stay with family since her father fled.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 27 Oct 2012 3:32 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
ac still remains at large, if anybody approaches you asking for salami, please reported to the authorities.
Written by: dreadlocks, 27 Oct 2012 5:06 PM
From: United States
ingle, you are too much!!
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 28 Oct 2012 11:49 AM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
Flash!!!! AC is still on the run........the good news is that he is out of his daily SALAMI diet, consequently he cannot endure another 24 hrs without it.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 28 Oct 2012 12:29 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
Flash!!!!! DK is out on bail, after turning himself to the INTERPOL.The bail was granted due to his existing medical condition irreversible fecal incontinence.
Written by: dreamkiller, 28 Oct 2012 12:47 PM
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
dread you will suck up too anybody .....you really are a loser....pathetique so sorry
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 28 Oct 2012 1:16 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
Flash, Flash!!!!!!! DK is off the chain (he just managed to remove his ankle brace).
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 28 Oct 2012 10:31 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
FLASH, FLASH!!!!DK is on his way to Puerto Plata to link up with AC and Valerio (yes he is in route to DR) to help his friend AC the Sankies trip is on the line.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 29 Oct 2012 1:25 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
FLASH, FLASH!!!! V's flight got delayed.......AC still on the run COJANLO!!!!
Written by: dreadlocks, 29 Oct 2012 4:02 PM
From: United States
flash! dreamkiller was last seen behind a chinese takeout restaurant in Los Mina, fighting with a stray dog over some throwaway chicken bones.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 29 Oct 2012 6:13 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
D'

The stray dog WON! and took DK's bone..
Written by: dreadlocks, 29 Oct 2012 8:41 PM
From: United States
says ingle

Written by: ingle23, 29 Oct 2012 6:13 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
D'

The stray dog WON! and took DK's bone..

then dreamkiller is in for a long night.
Written by: josean, 29 Oct 2012 9:01 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016


Since January 1st, 1959 all nights have become LONG for the cubanito!


Written by: dreadlocks, 29 Oct 2012 9:42 PM
From: United States
Since January 1st, 1959 all nights have become LONG for the cubanito!

well, there is a silver lining to every cloud. just think of how much better Cuba is , now that his miserable ass has been kicked out of the country. the only thing is that he keeps turning up like a bad penny in every country in the hemisphere, making life a misery for the inhabitants thereof.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 30 Oct 2012 12:50 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
Flash, Flash!!!!! DK was admitted into “El Padre Billini” Hospital last night; as a result of severe diarrhea. Unfortunately, the old bastard has not relatives in country; donations are accepted.

A: Severe diarrhea, no responding to oral-rehydration (ORT); B/P unstable due to the PT age and prior med HX (no med records on hand, pt claims Fidel burned them when he left Matanza).
NECESITAMOS SUEROS PA’ DK!!!!!! EN EL PADRE BILLINI NO HAY (The Purple Dragons stole the money for it)
Written by: dreadlocks, 30 Oct 2012 2:04 PM
From: United States
says ingle

Written by: ingle23, 30 Oct 2012 12:50 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
Flash, Flash!!!!! DK was admitted into “El Padre Billini” Hospital last night; as a result of severe diarrhea. Unfortunately, the old bastard has not relatives in country; donations are accepted.

maybe the stray dog felt pity for him, and gave him back the bone., that might have been the cause of the illness.
Written by: dreadlocks, 30 Oct 2012 2:05 PM
From: United States
ingle, even if he had relatives in the country, i doubt that they would speak to him.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 1 Nov 2012 11:02 AM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
FLASH, FLASH UPDATE: DK still remains in “El Padre Billini”, however, the severe diarrhea is responding to ORT/ORS. Basically responding to oral re-hydration therapy/solution.

K+ is WNL (potassium is within normal limits/range); let’s keep pushing electrolytes.

PS: Thanks to the kindness of AC/Valerio, the IV solutions/therapy was possible.

Prognosis: 40/60% (age element) and other complications: nostalgia de volver a Matanzas, la pena lo esta matando
Stay tune.


Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 1 Nov 2012 4:10 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
Flash, flash!!!!! DK ESCAPED from El Padre Billini; pleaseeee disregard previous message. He was no discharged; the PT escaped, he is wearing a hospital gown, open in the back, no underwear, IV lines hanging, barefooted. If you see him, please call El Pdre Billini or La PN ASAP.
Written by: dreadlocks, 1 Nov 2012 5:39 PM
From: United States
ingle, he was last seen heading towards the Chinese takeout, swearing to eat the stray dog if he fights with him again tonight.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 2 Nov 2012 7:30 AM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
FLAG, FLASH!!!!!
They finally caught DK in La Meriño con El Conde; he was trying to make his way to the chinese reataurant in Los Minas......AC nor Valerion came through to help him; AC was too busy trying to get his Sanky on board the Aida Aura (he did it) though.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 2 Nov 2012 1:33 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
Congratulations to the SUPER PAC (V, AC,), they managed to get AC's lover to MAYAMI. Job well done fellows.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 3 Nov 2012 3:51 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
FLAG FLASH, FLASH!!!!!! DK was re-admitted to El Padre Billini, this time they have him on a straight jacket for his own protection. His Sanky le quebro el negocio y se fue para PP!!!!!
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 3 Nov 2012 6:38 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
FLAG, FLASH, FLASH!!!! As a token of loyalty to his bastard, gusano CAMARA’; AC is making arregement to transfer DK to a private Clinic.

PS: Next Episode, the Sanky’s life in MAYAMI.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 6 Nov 2012 12:34 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
FLAG, FLASH, FLASH!!!!! AC was chased out of on one of the voting sites in "Mayami", as he was trying to used a fake Cuban ID.
Written by: ingle23 This user is banned, 6 Nov 2012 12:42 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
DK,

Has suffered several more episodes of senil fecal incontinence. He is not responding to ORT.



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