On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:41:32 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:
NOYB wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
Unfortunately, that effort did not succeed, and conditions have gotten
worse for them since. The corporations simply fired everyone, knowing
that the NLRB during the Bush misAdministration wouldn't uphold labor
law.
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That's really bad news.......and people wonder why some early unions were
forced to deal with organized crime. When you have both the employer and
gov't against you, an an indifferent public, you accept whatever helping
hand is offered.
"Helping hand" you say?
Lawsuit says corruption rampant in Jersey union
No-show jobs, nepotism, mob ties cited
Thursday, January 13, 2005
BY TED SHERMAN
Star-Ledger Staff
Some of the highest-paying jobs at Local 734 of the Laborers' International
Union of North America -- which represents thousands of workers in New
Jersey and Pennsylvania -- had little to do with digging ditches.
The Laborers' union now is seeking a federal investigation into the New
Jersey local, claiming that members were defrauded of more than $2 million
in a scheme that saw the hiring of relatives and business cronies to perform
"non-essential, part-time and ruse jobs at grossly excessive salaries."
That's the appropriate response by an International and usually what
happens.
And, despite the fact that some officials of that local were corrupt and
were removed, there are thousands of corrupt corporate execs in NJ
fleecing the public.
Hmmm, so because another person or group is corrupt, that should
excuse this union for doing similar.
Heck, you condemn the whole FBI for the actions of a few of it's
employees, yet you come up with all sort of excuses for these corrupt
unions?
Typical hypocrisy.
You might want to look more closely at the bill you get from your dentist:
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Defense
(DoD) announced today that on July 17, 2002, Ralph J. Sharow, a
Freehold, NJ, dentist, was sentenced in U.S. District Court, Newark, NJ,
to 27 months in prison and 3 years probation on each count, to run
concurrently; restitution of $264,363.90; and a special assessment fee
of $200. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Court Judge
William H. Walls. This sentence is the result of a guilty plea that
Sharow entered on January 16, 2002. Sharow pled guilty to a two-count
criminal information charging him with one count of health care fraud
and one count of income tax evasion.
An investigation revealed that from as early as 1994, Sharow, who
operates a dental practice at 1 Stonehurst Boulevard, Freehold, NJ,
defrauded the DoD insurance program known as TRICARE and private dental
insurance programs out of approximately $200,000 by billing for services
that he did not provide. The TRICARE loss alone totaled approximately
$20,000. Furthermore, for the years of 1995, 1996, and 1997 combined,
Sharow evaded $392,998 in federal income tax by submitting false tax
returns to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In the 3 years combined,
Sharow underreported his income by $915,648.
January 2002
On January 16, 2002, Ralph J. Sharow, DDS, a Freehold, NJ dentist, pled
guilty, in U.S. District Court, Newark, NJ to one-charge of both health
care fraud and income tax evasion. According to a report from Defense
Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), Dr. Sharow filed fraudulent
claims with various dental insurance programs, defrauding these programs
out of approximately $200,000 by billing for services not rendered.
Among the dental insurance programs defrauded were the TRICARE Family
Member Dental Program (TFMDP), administered internationally by United
Concordia for the Department of Defense (DoD). The TFMDP has been
replaced by the TRICARE Dental Program (TDP), also administered by
United Concordia, providing dental benefits to dependents of active duty
uniformed services personnel, including Reservists and their families.
Dr. Sharow first came to the attention of United Concordia's Special
Investigations Unit (SIU) as a result of a complaint from one of his
patients. The subsequent investigation revealed that, as early as 1994,
Dr. Sharow defrauded the TRICARE and commercial dental insurance
programs, while evading more than $390,000 in federal income taxes by
submitting false tax returns to the Internal Revenue Services (IRS).
Initially, based on fraud allegations received by DCIS from SIU, the
investigation revealed that Dr. Sharow routinely billed United Concordia
and other insurers for dental procedures, primarily composite
restorations and sealants, which he never performed.
On April 29, 2002, Dr. Sharow is scheduled to be sentenced. He faces up
to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the health care fraud
count and a maximum of five years in prison and a $100,000 fine on the
income tax evasion count.
On June 1, 2001, James Paul Kalhorn, D.D.S., was sentenced in Federal
District Court, Denver, CO, to 2 years probation and ordered to pay
$25,000 in restitution and a $5,000 fine. On February 15, 2001, Kalhorn
pled guilty to a one-count information charging him with making or
causing to be made a false statement or representation involving a
Federal Health Care program. A previous indictment was dismissed upon
Kalhorn's plea to the indictment.
The investigation was conducted jointly by the Defense Criminal
Investigative Service (DCIS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
and with the assistance of United Concordia's Special Investigation's
Unit (SIU). The prosecution was handled by the United States Attorney's
Office, District of Colorado.
On February 15, 2001, James Paul Kalhorn, D.D.S., plead guilty to making
or causing to be made a false statement or representations involving a
Federal health care program. A previous indictment was dismissed upon
Kalhorn's plea. Between January 1996 and December 1999, Kalhorn
submitted numerous claims to TRICARE's contracted dental carrier, United
Concordia Companies, Inc., Great-West Life, and Delta Dental for
periodontal scaling and root planing that according to medical reviews,
were not necessary. The procedure is performed and billed in segments of
the mouth, or quadrants. Kalhorn submitted claims for quadrants of root
planing and scaling for dates of service when patients were not present.
Kalhorn also submitted claims for periodontal pocket depth charts for
scaling and root planing that contained measurements, patients said were
not performed by Kalhorn.
In June 1998, a Fairfield, California dentist plead guilty to a felony
health care fraud and paid over a half-million dollars to settle federal
civil charges. United Concordia during a routine review of utilization
statistics, detected billing irregularities that ultimately led to
federal prosecution. The case was one of the first in the nation to be
prosecuted under the Kennedy-Kassenbaum federal health care statute.
Who knows what we'll be reading about Naples, Florida, dentists, eh?
So what's your point? That there's corruption in every corner of
commerce?
Dave
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