TV Cubana Owner guilty of Medicare fraud - Coffee Strong

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Published Friday, September 6, 2013 8:09

By Ivette Leyva Martinez

By Editorial CaféFuerte

businessman Roberto F. Marrero, owner of the cable station TV Cubana in Miami, has pleaded guilty to fraud defalcar Medicare for more than $ 15 million.

Marrero, 60, and his wife Sandra Fernandez Viera, 49, accepted his guilt before Judge Edwin G Torres during a hearing Thursday in a local court, prosecutors for the Southern District of Florida.

Along with them also pleaded guilty Enrique Rodriguez, 59, who recruited patients through bribes Care Trust, the company’s health and marriage therapy administered between 2007 and 2010.

According to the prosecution, Care Trust paid kickbacks and bribes to patient recruiters for Medicare beneficiaries, and submitted more than $ 20 million in fraudulent claims, mainly specialized care 700 diabetic patients as well as physical and occupational therapy was not made.

Medicare program Care Trust returned to them more than $ 15 million in fraudulent payments. The company specialized in home health care for the elderly in South Florida.

Judgment in November

The three defendants were arrested in mid-May as part of a nationwide sweep that included 89 defendants for Medicare fraud in eight U.S. cities.

Sentencing was set for November 12 and the defendants face up to 10 years in prison for committing fraud and five years for conspiracy to receive and pay bribes related to health services.

fraudulent financial transactions would have borne the dream of a television set Marrero promoted as the slogan of “Something big is happening.”

Numerous

Cuban artists Cuban TV worked, including German Barrios, Mirtha Medina, Alfredito Rodriguez, Rosana Fidel Pérez Michel and Montenegro.

Ex

Television Cubana employees complained of irregularities in work functioning, since the station closed Marrero after tax season ended and reopened after a few months. Be paid by check or cash.

Marrero

traveled frequently to Cuba and sometimes commented on the possibility to go on record on the island, which never materialized.

Vocation showbiz

station building, located at 2190 SW 8th Street in Little Havana, closed since May.

Stomatologist by profession, Marrero came to the United States in 1979. His dedication to the world of acting and show business he inherited from his father, Francisco Marrero, a comedian of Cuban television Tinguaro popularized the character. Before becoming an entrepreneur, she starred in several telenovelas in Spanish alongside the likes of Andres Garcia, Lucia Mendez, Adela Noriega and Eduardo Yáñez.

Then began to intrude

starring in the productions and series sponsored by Cuban Television.

According to documents filed in court, Marrero spent the money building a studio TV in the Allapattah neighborhood, luxury shopping and vehicles, including two Lamborghinis, a Ferrari and a Bentley.

Founded in 2000, Cuban television employed known figures in the art world, recreated ancient spaces adventures and dramas that succeeded in recent years in Cuba, and put on display other popular television programs on the island.

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