Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Television Cubana Owner arrested for Medicare fraud - MiamiDiario.com

Robert F. Marrero was arrested along with his wife Sandra Fernandez Viera, both are accused of submitting $ 20 million in bogus bills to the Medicare program.

discovered by the authorities scams totaling $ 223 million extracted Medicare, funded by taxpayers for alleged services home health care for diabetic patients. But this large sum of money was not in charge of the couple, because fraud is committed by a group of 89 people accused of swindling Medicare.

The operation resulted in the arrest of those involved, is an attack on the fight against Medicare fraud established in Miami and eight other regions who denounced corruption in the health system.

The Secretary of Justice Eric Holder, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebellus were responsible for reporting the details of the sixth National scammers raid Medicare by the impact force since 2010.

“We will use all appropriate tools and all available resources to find, arrest and punish those who try to take advantage of our fellow citizens, “Holder said at a news conference. Sebelius added, “We’ll get him, and pay the price.”

Marrero and his wife appeared on Tuesday for the first time in federal court in Miami, along with several other of the 25 accused of Medicare fraud .

The Justice Department prosecutor proposes to detain the marriage, arguing that present danger to flee. Marrero’s lawyer, Jose quiñon, said he plans to oppose the government’s position against granting bail, alleging that Marrero has strong links with the community. His wife’s attorney, Leonard Sands, said he also plans to oppose the arrest.

“An indictment is merely that,” said Sands. “We ask that you apply the presumption of innocence in the court of public opinion, the same will apply in a court of law”.

Robert F. Marrero Cuban comes from a family of actors, in 2007, who made his fortune as a health care provider licensed by Medicare in Miami, year in which also opens the local television station TV Cuban , He also owns a television studio in the Allapattah area and bought a couple of Lamborghinis, a Ferrari and a Bentley.

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