Florida doctor tied to NJ Sen. Menendez to remain jailed

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Florida doctor tied to NJ Sen. Menendez to remain jailed
By MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press | May 8, 2015 | Updated: May 8, 2015 4:12pm

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida doctor charged with corruption alongside New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has been ordered to remain jailed while awaiting trial for alleged Medicare fraud.

Attorneys for 60-year-old Salomon Melgen said their client posed no risk of fleeing. But U.S. Magistrate Judge James Hopkins sided Friday with prosecutors who said the ophthalmologist's extraordinary wealth gave him a chance to go anywhere in the world, particularly his native Dominican Republic, where he has close ties to government officials.

A 76-count indictment claims Melgen falsely diagnosed patients with eye conditions that allowed him to perform unnecessary and costly procedures. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges, as well as those in the separate New Jersey case, in which he's accused of swapping donations and vacations for favors from Menendez.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Fla-doctor-tied-to-NJ-Sen-Menendez-due-back-in-6250348.php

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[forest444]

1. But while the cameras remain focused on the good Dr. Melgen,

they ignore Menéndez's real owner: the Caymans money launderer and vulture fund brigand Paul Singer.

Singer used Menéndez for years in hopes of stringing other Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats along in his bid to cheat Argentine bondholders out of a billion dollars - for bonds Singer purchased from resellers for just $48 million (the vulture fund dispute). He has already per$uaded a Wall Street judge, the senile Thomas Greasa, to hold other bondholders' payments hostage until he gets his demands - putting Argentina in the unprecedented position of having to sue in order to be allowed to pay creditors (the bondholders).

The Singer vulture fund in this dispute, NML Capital, has already received billions in TARP funds. It's based out of the Caymans, through which they facilitate billions in additional tax evasion - including the Romneys (and almost certainly Menéndez as well).

Menéndez, however, was thoroughly unsuccessful in influencing fellow Senate Democrats against Argentina - especially after Singer forced Caesar's Entertainment to fold using similar vulture fund tactics (Atlantic City may soon declare bankruptcy as a result, costing taxpayers billions more).

So, too much is being made of this Dr. Melgen. Just wait until word leaks out of any secret Cayman accounts being handled for Menéndez by his real owner, the vulture Singer.