Health Care Fraud Blog

MIAMI, FLORIDA (AUGUST 4, 2011) - A former convicted drug trafficker who served five years now stands accused of defrauding Medicare of more than $11 million through his Miami-Dade home health care agency. Luis Alejandro Sanz billed Medicare for treatment to supposed diabetics who did not suffer from the disease or need home care nurses to inject insulin.

Sanz and his wife, Elizabeth Acosta Sanz, are charged with conspiring to commit health care fraud and money laundering. The pair were also charged with paying kickbacks to recruiters who provided the couple's agency, Ideal Home Health, with Medicare patients. U.S. Magistrate Patrick White viewed their alleged crimes as so egregious that at their arraignment he denied the defendants' bids for bond stating they were a flight risk.

Investigators found evidence of 40 separate bank accounts through which the couple divided the millions they received from Medicare, and still have not been able to trace all the funds received.

PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA (May 26, 2011) - State Attorney Michael McAuliffe and Sheriff Ric Bradshaw will co-host Palm Beach County's Prescription Drug Abuse and Pain Clinic Summit. The event takes place today, May 26, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 at the Clayton Hutcheson Agricultural Center.

The summit focuses on prevention of the consequences surrounding addiction and prescription drug dealing before they occur.

This is the summit's second year and since that time the number of pain clinics dealing in the illegal prescription drug trade has dropped significantly; due in part to law enforcement's wide-sweeping raids.

In February of this year, as previously reported here, raids of 11 pain clinics spread from Miami to West Palm Beach netted 23 arrests and more than $2.5 million in cash and vehicles. State Attorney McAuliffe believes that integrating the message of public health with enforcement helps officials refine their philosophy and not focus simply on arresting people.

Healthcare Fraud Blog Publisher, Attorney Robert Malove, is an expert criminal trial lawyer as recognized by The Florida Bar. Mr. Malove has extensive experience in the area of health care fraud defense.

Mr. Malove has extensive experience in the area of pill mill defense and represents the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine, Florida Academy of Physician Assistants, American Academy of Pain Management, and Florida Society of Neurology and has filed an amicus curiae brief in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the Florida statutes regulating the operation of pain clinics, i.e., pill mills.

If you, or someone you know is facing prosecution as a result of aggressive law enforcement activity of pill mills or doctor shopping, make sure you hire an experienced criminal defense attorney who is familiar with the issues.

Federal Healthcare Fraud Strike Force teams are currently operating in 9 locations: Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Brooklyn, Tampa, Baton Rouge, Dallas and Chicago.

If you or someone you know is a healthcare provider and in need of serious pill mills, doctor shopping or any healthcare fraud defense, please contact attorney Robert Malove, co-author of the noted treatise, WHITE COLLAR CRIME: HEALTH CARE FRAUD (West)(2010-2011 ed.) to arrange an immediate consultation.

DETROIT, MI (May 6, 2011) - Two owners of a Dearborn HIV-infusion clinic were convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to pay health care kickbacks, health care fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Leonio Alayone, the person who helped them launder their financial gains, was convicted of conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering.

According to the superseding indictment, the two owners and brothers, Martin and Joaquin Tasis, paid kickbacks to patients when the brothers used the patients' Medicare accounts to bill for services never performed. Evidence showed that the Dearborn Rehabilitation and Medical Center was specifically established for the purpose of defrauding Medicare. From 2005 to 2007, Medicare was billed $9.1 million by the clinic for medically unnecessary treatments or services that were never performed.

Initially, the clinic was located in South Florida. The brothers later moved the clinic to Michigan when law enforcement became suspicious of possible fraudulent practices. So far 12 individuals involved in the case have been convicted for their part in the fraud; two others are awaiting trial.

Healthcare Fraud Blog Publisher, Attorney Robert Malove, is an expert criminal trial lawyer as recognized by The Florida Bar. Mr. Malove has extensive experience in the area of health care fraud defense.

If you, or someone you know is facing prosecution as a result of aggressive law enforcement activity HIV infusion clinics, make sure you hire an experienced criminal defense attorney who is familiar with the issues.

Federal Healthcare Fraud Strike Force teams are currently operating in 9 locations: Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Brooklyn, Tampa, Baton Rouge, Dallas and Chicago.

If you or someone you know is a healthcare provider and in need of serious HIV infusion defense or any healthcare fraud defense, please contact attorney Robert Malove, co-author of the noted treatise, WHITE COLLAR CRIME: HEALTH CARE FRAUD (West)(2010-2011 ed.) to arrange an immediate consultation.

CINCINNATI, OHIO (May 3, 2011) The Oxy Express could be responsible for more deaths than any other drug-related death in the country. It comes as no surprise to local law enforcement then that the doctors who write the most prescriptions of Oxycodone have all practiced in the heart of the Oxycodone supply area, South Florida.

The more than 800 pain clinics in Florida issue 85% of the Oxycodone prescriptions in the country. Addicts climb into vans, cars and buses to make the trip from Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana to get their hands on powerful narcotic painkillers. They'll shoot it, snort it or smoke it, unless they're also dealers and buying for the lucrative resale market.

The DEA says pain clinics can make up to $20,000 in a morning and will even hire armed guards to patrol the clinic parking lot. The DEA makes it clear that it doesn't want to target legitimate doctors issuing legitimate pain prescriptions.

They target doctors who act like drug dealers and write thousands upon thousands of narcotic pain prescriptions per year. In Eastern Ohio where Portsmouth boasts half a dozen pain clinics, Oxycodone is known as "hillbilly heroin."

While the DEA crack down on Florida pain clinics has made some impact in the pipeline, pain clinic owners have gotten wise and started to move their practices to neighboring states. The special agent in charge of the crackdown has a message for those owners, "we probably made [undercover] buys in your clinic and we're probably coming for you at some point in time."

Healthcare Fraud Blog Publisher, Attorney Robert Malove, is an expert criminal trial lawyer as recognized by The Florida Bar. Mr. Malove has extensive experience in the area of health care fraud defense.

Mr. Malove has extensive experience in the area of pill mill defense and represents the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine, Florida Academy of Physician Assistants, American Academy of Pain Management, and Florida Society of Neurology and has filed an amicus curiae brief in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the Florida statutes regulating the operation of pain clinics, i.e., pill mills.

If you, or someone you know is facing prosecution as a result of aggressive law enforcement activity of pill mills or doctor shopping, make sure you hire an experienced criminal defense attorney who is familiar with the issues.

Federal Healthcare Fraud Strike Force teams are currently operating in 9 locations: Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Brooklyn, Tampa, Baton Rouge, Dallas and Chicago.

If you or someone you know is a healthcare provider and in need of serious pill mill defense, doctor shopping or any healthcare fraud defense, please contact attorney Robert Malove, co-author of the noted treatise, WHITE COLLAR CRIME: HEALTH CARE FRAUD (West)(2010-2011 ed.) to arrange an immediate consultation.

MIAMI, FLORIDA (May 3, 20100) - American Therapeutic Corporation and Medlink Professional Management Group have closed their doors following guilty pleas in a $200 million Medicare fraud case. The companies could face $80 million in penalties. Both have had their assets frozen.

The companies' owners also admitted guilt to health care fraud conspiracy, illegal health care kickbacks and money laundering crimes. The perpetrators used Medicare sleep studies claims as the avenue for the fraud and falsified patient files to quality for payments.

In addition, assisted living facilities' and half-way houses' personnel, as well as patient brokers sent the company patients that were ineligible to receive Medicare reimbursement for the studies. A few patients also received kickbacks for their participation.

Sentencing for the two corporations is scheduled for this coming July, and the companies face maximum penalties of $80 million.

Healthcare Fraud Blog Publisher, Attorney Robert Malove, is an expert criminal trial lawyer as recognized by The Florida Bar. Mr. Malove has extensive experience in the area of health care fraud defense.

Mr. Malove has extensive experience in the area of money laundering and kickbacks and represents the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine, Florida Academy of Physician Assistants, American Academy of Pain Management, and Florida Society of Neurology and has filed an amicus curiae brief in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the Florida statutes regulating the operation of pain clinics, i.e., pill mills.

If you, or someone you know is facing prosecution as a result of aggressive law enforcement activity of money laundering or kickbacks, make sure you hire an experienced criminal defense attorney who is familiar with the issues.

Federal Healthcare Fraud Strike Force teams are currently operating in 9 locations: Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Brooklyn, Tampa, Baton Rouge, Dallas and Chicago.

If you or someone you know is a healthcare provider and in need of serious pill mills, doctor shopping or any healthcare fraud defense, please contact attorney Robert Malove, co-author of the noted treatise, WHITE COLLAR CRIME: HEALTH CARE FRAUD (West)(2010-2011 ed.) to arrange an immediate consultation.

NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA - Dr. Michael K. Nunn pled guilty to health care fraud and money laundering in U.S. District Court on April 25. Nunn received four years of probation and was ordered to pay $297,215 as restitution to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Veteran's Administration in connection with Medicare fraud. His medical corporation was also fined $700,000.

Nunn's company, Community Wellness Center, located in New Bern, North Carolina, fraudulently billed Medicare for diagnostic and therapy services that were never performed. If performed services were not among those that would receive reimbursement from Medicare, they were coded as services that Medicare would pay. The Veteran's Administration was often billed twice for the same services to the same patients.

Four government agencies participated in the investigation, including the Internal Revenue Service.

Healthcare Fraud Blog Publisher, Attorney Robert Malove, is an expert criminal trial lawyer as recognized by The Florida Bar. Mr. Malove has extensive experience in the area of Medicare fraud and money laundering defense.

Mr. Malove has extensive experience in the area of health care fraud and represents the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine, Florida Academy of Physician Assistants, American Academy of Pain Management, and Florida Society of Neurology and has filed an amicus curiae brief in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the Florida statutes regulating the operation of pain clinics, i.e., pill mills.

If you, or someone you know is facing prosecution as a result of aggressive law enforcement activity of pill mills or doctor shopping, make sure you hire an experienced criminal defense attorney who is familiar with the issues.

Federal Healthcare Fraud Strike Force teams are currently operating in 9 locations: Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Brooklyn, Tampa, Baton Rouge, Dallas and Chicago.

If you or someone you know is a healthcare provider and in need of serious pill mills, doctor shopping or any healthcare fraud defense, please contact attorney Robert Malove, co-author of the noted treatise, WHITE COLLAR CRIME: HEALTH CARE FRAUD (West)(2010-2011 ed.) to arrange an immediate consultation.

PALM BEACH, FL – Palm Beach County State Attorney Michael McAuliffe announced the arrest and filing of criminal charges against 11 individuals, including five physicians, for a total of 172 counts which include Racketeering (RICO), Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering, Trafficking in Oxycodone, Money Laundering, Unlicensed Practice of Health Care Profession and other related criminal charges. The arrests follow a complex multi-agency investigation dubbed OPERATION “PILL NATION” involving roughly 340 undercover buys from doctors and medical personnel in pain clinics throughout a three county South Florida area.

OPERATION "SNAKE OIL” (click here to see an earlier post about this) also carried out the same day as “OPERATION “PILL NATION” is a result of the ongoing efforts by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The OCDETF mission is to identify, investigate, and prosecute high level members of drug trafficking enterprises, bringing together the combined expertise and unique abilities of federal, state and local law enforcement and being prosecuted by the federal authorities.

“Legitimate pain management is a essential part of medical practice,” however “we cannot, and will not, allow medicine to be used by merchants of misery to corrupt the health of individuals and undermine the welfare of whole communities. We are in a continuing crisis, but the tide is turning and today’s enforcement actions provide a clear example of progress,” said State Attorney McAuliffe. To read the State Attorney's Office's Press release in its entirety, click here.

Healthcare Fraud Blog Publisher, Attorney Robert Malove, is an expert criminal trial lawyer as recognized by The Florida Bar. Mr. Malove has extensive experience in the area of pill mill defense. Criminal defense attorney Robert Malove represents the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine, Florida Academy of Physician Assistants, American Academy of Pain Management, and Florida Society of Neurology and has filed an amicus curiae brief in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the Florida statutes regulating the operation of pain clinics, i.e., pill mills.

If you, or someone you know is facing prosecution as a result of aggressive law enforcement activity targeting pain clinics, i.e., pill mills, you need to make sure you hire a criminal defense attorney who is familiar with the issues regarding pill mill defense. For serious pill mill defense, throughout South Florida including Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, call Florida pill mill defense lawyer and criminal trial law specialist Robert Malove immediately.

Defendants Owned and Worked at Seven Area Clinics that Prescribed over 660,000 Pills, Profited More than $22 Million

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - The United States Attorney for the Southern District, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation, announce the indictment of six South Florida residents for their participation in the illegal distribution of pain killers.

Today’s case, dubbed Operation Snake Oil, is a result of the ongoing efforts by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The OCDETF mission is to identify, investigate, and prosecute high level members of drug trafficking enterprises, bringing together the combined expertise and unique abilities of federal, state and local law enforcement.

This prosecution targets the owners and operator of seven pain clinics located in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. Charged in the indictment are Vincent Colangelo, 42, of Davie, Nicholaus Thomas, 28, of Fort Lauderdale, Rachel Bass, 27, of Pompano Beach, Michael Plesak, 26, of Plantation, Jeremiah Flowers, 31, of Fort Meyers, and Wayne Richards, 45, of Lighthouse Point. Five of the six have been arrested. Defendant Flowers remains at-large. To read the indictment, click here.

All of the defendants have been charged with conspiring to distribute and dispense more than 660,000 dosage units of oxycodone. Three defendants (Colangelo, Plesak and Bass) are also charged with one count of conspiring to launder the proceeds of the pain clinics and twenty-six counts of money laundering. In addition, the indictment seeks forfeiture of more than $22 million in cash and assets. Among the assets sought to be forfeited are more than 46 vehicles and vessels, including a Mercedes-Benz SLR Mclaren, numerous Dodge Vipers, and two Lamborghinis, as well as expensive real estate and a trailer park in Okeechobee.

The indictment alleges that the defendants operated the pain clinics as pill mills that offered patients prescriptions for oxycodone and other controlled substances where there was no legitimate medical purpose and not within the usual course of professional medical practice. The indictment says that the defendants marketed the clinics through more than 1,600 internet sites, required immediate cash payments from patients for a clinic “visit fee,” directed the patients to obtain MRIs that the defendants knew to be inferior, over-aggressively interpreted MRIs in order to justify prescriptions, and falsified patients’ urine tests for a fee to justify the highly addictive pain medications.

“According to recent estimates, Florida prescribes ten times more oxycodone pills than all other states combined. Operation Snake Oil is part of our concerted effort to keep South Florida from drowning in pill mills. Working together with our state and local partners, we are shutting down these shady storefronts through the systematic prosecution of doctors, clinic owners and operators who deal drugs while hiding behind a medical license,” said U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer.

“Prescription drug abuse is our country’s fastest growing drug problem, and pill mills such as those in Florida are fueling much of that growth. As a result, citizens in communities across Florida and around the nation are faced with growing drug addiction that is accompanied by pain, suffering, and even death,” said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart.

“Rogue doctors who run these operations violate their professional oaths and are, in fact, drug dealers. Florida today is “ground zero” in the fight against pill mills, and we are determined to continue to aggressively pursue those who are responsible for this nationwide epidemic.”

IRS Special Agent in Charge Daniel W. Auer stated, “We are pleased to have lent our financial investigative expertise to this investigation. IRS- Criminal Investigations’ role was to trace the flow of the monies derived from the illegal operation of these pill mills, to identify the individuals who profited from these illegal activities and to help seize any assets purchased using the ill-gotten gains.”

According to the indictment, demand of oxycodone has grown to epidemic proportions in South Florida and other parts of the United States, where drug dealers can sell a 30 mg Oxycodone pill on the street for $10 to $30 or more. Oxycodone has a high potential for abuse and can be crushed snorted, or dissolved and injected, to get an immediate high. This abuse can lead to addiction, overdose, and sometimes death.

Healthcare Fraud Blog Publisher, Attorney Robert Malove, is an expert criminal trial lawyer as recognized by The Florida Bar. Mr. Malove has extensive experience in the area of pill mill defense. Criminal defense attorney Robert Malove represents the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine, Florida Academy of Physician Assistants, American Academy of Pain Management, and Florida Society of Neurology and has filed an amicus curiae brief in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the Florida statutes regulating the operation of pain clinics, i.e., pill mills.

If you, or someone you know is facing prosecution as a result of aggressive law enforcement activity targeting pain clinics, i.e., pill mills, you need to make sure you hire a criminal defense attorney who is familiar with pill mill defense. For serious pill mill defense, throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, call Florida pill mill defense lawyer Robert Malove immediately.

Continue reading "OPERATION SNAKE OIL - SOUTH FLORIDA PILL MILLS TARGETED - FIVE DOCTORS AMONG THOSE ARRESTED" »

According to an article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, at least 45 pain clinics opened in Broward and Palm Beach counties in the past year, while state law makers and state and local law enforcement agencies stepped-up their efforts to put an end to the operation suspected “pill mills.”

In August 2008, 66 pain clinics were open for business in Broward and Palm Beach counties combined. The Sun-Sentinel article reports that according to data available from the Florida Department of Health, the number centers issuing narcotic pain medications currently is more than the times what it was in August 2008 - with 122 in Broward to 122 and in Palm Beach County to 108.

Pain clinics “are proliferating despite our efforts," Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti said last week, after state and federal agents executed search warrants at three pain clinics owned or controlled by Christopher and Jeffrey George in Palm Beach County. The Georges' homes were also searched.

No arrests have been made yet, however, a federal law law suit has been filed in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach. According to the law suit, three of the Georges’ clinics collected $14 million last year and dispensed more than 2.1 million pills. [To read the law suit, click: here.] Additionally, five doctors who worked at the clinics have had their DEA numbers to prescribe pain medications suspended. The doctors can either voluntarily agree to the suspension or can challenge the suspension before a DEA Administrative Law Judge at a hearing scheduled for May.

Independent sources close to the investigation indicate that patient files were properly documented, regular MRI's were required and prescriptions that issued were 100% medically necessary. From time to time, patients who were suspected of phony symptom ology were discovered, refused treatment and escorted off the premises. If you or someone you know has ever suffered from debilitating pain, then no one has to tell you that life can be pure hell without taking pain medication just to get through the day and attempting to perform even the simplest of tasks. The real tragedy in the "gung-ho, rah, rah" attitude of law enforcement targeting pain clinics, is that the overwhelming majority of patients have well-documented injuries requiring pain medication for treatment. These legitimate pain sufferers are the forgotten "victims" who unfortunately wind up as unintended by-product caught in the overreaching net of law enforcement, much like innocent dolphins caught in the nets of profit-driven commercial fisherman.

Palm Beach County and several cities in both counties have temporarily banned new pain clincs, reported by the HCFB here and here. "Palm Beach County is ahead of us [in law enforcement efforts aimed at detecting criminal activities at pain clinics]. We're [Broward County is] trying to play catch up now," Lamberti said. "On the street, [there are] too many targets, not enough deputies. We're really trying to be hard on it because it causes crime in the community. We think they know we are serious."

To read the Sun-Sentinel article, click here.

Federal officials in charge of preventing fraud in the billion-dollar Medicare program ignored dozens of warnings of criminal activity during the Bush administration, according to investigations by the Associated Press and U.S. Senator Charles Grassley’s (R-IA) office.

CMS received about 30 tips over more than three-years reporting scams, but less than half of them got any attention. Organized crime groups have realized it is much easier and less dangerous to steal millions from the Medicare without as opposed to traditional criminal enterprises like prostitution, gambling or dope dealing.

Southern California is one that has been particularly hard hit area for Medicare fraud, where Russian, Armenian and Nigerian mafias are under investigation by federal agents. Konstantin Grigoryan, a former Soviet army colonel turned crime boss, recently pled guilty to taking $20 million from Medicare. Click here to watch a CNN report including undercover surveillance video.

MIAMI, FL (September 29, 2009) Defendant Daniel Martinez, of Davie, Florida, was sentenced for his participation in a $20 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme. U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck sentenced Martinez to a total of a 150 months' imprisonment followed by an additional 18 months of home confinement. For more: Click here.

After a six day trial in Miami, a federal jury in Miami convicted Gustavo Smith, 43, the owner of a Miami pharmacy for his role in a $3 million Medicare fraud scheme and for money laundering of all 17 counts charged against him in the September 2007 Indictment.

The charges included: conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, to commit health care fraud, and to submit false claims to the Medicare program; seven counts of health care fraud; seven counts of submitting false claims to the Medicare program; conspiracy to commit money laundering; and one count of money laundering.

Smith’s co-defendant, Friedhelm Schock, the nominee owner of Medstar, was acquitted by the jury on all charged counts.

According to Schock's defense attorney, Michael Band of Adorno & Yoss, the government argued that Schock was the "nominee" owner of the pharmacy, signed all the Medicare documents, opened all the bank accounts, formed the corporation, received monies far in excess of what reflected the work he performed at the pharmacy and lied to the government to cover up the fraud.

Continue reading "Miami Pharmacy Owner of Convicted of Medicare Fraud, Co-defendant Acquitted" »

On April 2, the same day that seven co-defendants were indicted (click here) for their roles in an $11 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion clinics, Rita Campos Ramirez who had pleaded guilty in August 2007 to a $170 million conspiracy to commit health care fraud was sentenced to 10 years in prison. According to the U.S. Department of Justice and local federal prosecutors, the scheme represents the largest known individual case of Medicare fraud in the history of the program.

Continue reading "Miami Woman Sentenced to 10-years for Role in $170M Healthcare Fraud Consiracy" »

On April 2, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Adalberto Jordan of the Southern District of Florida sentenced defendant Michael Labrada, 27, of Miami to a 97 month prison term and Miguel Castillo, 42, of Miami, to a 57 month prison term for their participation in a multi-million dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme.

Labrada was convicted of conspiring with Angel Castillo, Jr. to commit health care fraud by serving as a straw owner of a medical equipment company known as JJ & D Medical Equipment, Inc. The company submitted more than $6.8 million dollars in bogus claims and received approximately $1.6 million in payments. In the second case, Labrada was convicted of money laundering charges in connection with a $2.3 million laundering scheme orchestrated by his co-defendant, Angel Castillo, Jr.

Miguel Castillo was also convicted of related health care fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges. In addition to serving as a straw owner of a medical equipment company, Miguel Castillo collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraud proceeds from check cashers at the direction of his cousin and co-conspirator, Angel Castillo, Jr.

Continue reading "Two Florida Men Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud & Money Laundering" »

By Benson Weintraub, Esquire, Fort Lauderdale February 14, 2008

Ben Kuehne was my law partner for 5+ years during the 1980'-1990's (Sonnett…Kuehne) and he mentored me since 1983 when I served as his 'associate' at the predecessor firm, Bierman, Sonnett, Shohat et. al.

I served as a full-time Visiting Professor of Law in 2005, after which I resumed private practice, now largely in the corporate compliance field (invariably circuitous to white collar criminal defense representation, particularly in the health care industry.).

Ben Kuehne is clearly a 'lawyer's lawyer' who instilled in me the highest appreciation of academic excellence in the practice of federal law. More critically, Ben sensitized me to the distinct ethical dilemmas presented institutionally to criminal defense counsel and ALWAYS taught me (AND CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCES THE NEED) to uphold and exceed our profession's highest ethical/legal standards.

Practicing criminal law in the federal courts places these dedicated, tenacious professionals in legal jeopardy merely by discharging their duties oaths, and obligations to the Sixth Amendment of the US Constitution, coextensively with duties to the courts and clients.

Continue reading "Ben Kuehne Had No Motive Or Financial Incentive To Launder Money For Ochoa’s Attorney’s And Exclusive Beneficiaries, Especially Roy Black" »