Tag: Fifth Amendment
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Sen. Rick Scott talks Medicare fraud; no, not his ex-company’s Medicare fraud
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-FL, knows a thing or two about Medicare fraud. He built and ran Columbia/HCA, the huge hospital company that’s become synonymous with mega-healthcare fraud since it was forced to pay $1.7 billion in criminal fines, civil restitution in the early 2000s.
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Key co-conspirator in billion-dollar Rothstein Ponzi scheme now a public official in South Florida
By Bob Norman FloridaBulldog.org As an appointed member of Surfside’s planning and zoning board, Michael Szafranski is trusted to pass judgment on some of the most important issues involving the town. But what about Szafranski’s notorious past as a convicted felon involved in the largest Ponzi scheme in Florida’s history?