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USA v. Melgen
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October 26, 2022
Feds Reportedly Investigating Sen. Bob Menendez Again
Five years after beating the government's corruption case, U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is facing a new federal investigation, an adviser to the senator confirmed to Law360 on Wednesday.
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January 20, 2021
Convicts With NJ Ties Among Trump's Final Pardons
A former Gilmore & Monahan PA partner facing prison for tax crimes, a Ponzi schemer who bilked clients out of millions in multiple schemes and a Florida ophthalmologist once ensnared in the corruption case against Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., were among those granted clemency by President Donald Trump during his final hours in office.
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July 31, 2018
Eye Doc From NJ Graft Trial Can't Undo Medicare Fraud Rap
A Florida federal judge refused Monday to grant a new Medicare fraud trial to an ophthalmologist who escaped corruption charges last year alongside his longtime friend U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., rejecting the doctor's claims that new evidence called for a do-over.
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April 05, 2018
Menendez Friend Gets $10M Tacked On To $42.6M Fraud Tab
A Florida federal judge on Thursday added $10.4 million in restitution to the nearly $42.6 million that he had already ordered Salomon E. Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist who gained notoriety as a co-defendant with New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez in an unsuccessful bribery case, to pay after his conviction on charges of Medicare fraud.
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March 09, 2018
Eye Doc Convicted Of Medicare Fraud Wants Bond, New Trial
Dr. Salomon E. Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist who gained notoriety as a co-defendant with U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez in an unsuccessful bribery case, asked Thursday for bond pending the appeal of his conviction on charges of Medicare fraud and said he should get a new trial because of new evidence that has emerged since his trial.
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February 22, 2018
Menendez-Connected Eye Doc Gets 17 Years For $42.6M Fraud
Dr. Salomon E. Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist who gained notoriety as a co-defendant with U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez in an unsuccessful bribery case, was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison and ordered to repay nearly $42.6 million on a conviction of massively overbilling Medicare.
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February 21, 2018
Guidelines Set At 20-24 Years For Eye Doc's Fraud Sentencing
Ahead of the sentencing hearing Thursday for politically connected Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, who was convicted of overbilling Medicare by $32 million, a federal judge calculated advisory guidelines for his punishment should be about 20 to 24 years in prison rather than the 30 years sought by prosecutors.
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December 07, 2017
Eye Doc Blasts Feds' Loss Calculations Before Sentencing
Counsel for a politically connected Florida ophthalmologist convicted of overbilling Medicare by $32 million urged a district court to toss the government's loss calculations Thursday as the sides made final arguments before sentencing, suggesting prosecutors have met the burden of proof for only $64,000 in false claims.
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November 29, 2017
Feds Seek 30 Years For Fla. Eye Doc's $32M Medicare Fraud
Federal prosecutors are seeking a 30-year prison sentence for Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, who was found guilty of overbilling Medicare by $32 million, telling the court Tuesday that a lengthy imprisonment is needed to account for his "truly horrific" crimes and to deter similar offenses.
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August 10, 2017
Eye Doc Tied To Sen. Menendez Gets Sentencing Postponed
The sentencing hearing for Salomon Melgen, the Florida eye doctor convicted of fraud, that was scheduled for Friday has been postponed until after the September bribery trial in which he and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., are co-defendants, according to a Florida federal judge's brief Thursday order.