A Hialeah woman convicted in a massive Medicare fraud scheme a decade ago had her 35-year prison sentence commuted Tuesday by President Donald Trump as he announced 11 pardons and commutations in high-profile cases. Judith Negron, now 48 years old, was sent to prison for aiding in a $200 million fraud case in what was then the country’s biggest mental health billing racket. Negron was the only defendant in the case to refuse a plea deal and go to trial. She was convicted by a jury in August 2011 on 24 counts of conspiracy, fraud, paying kickbacks and money laundering in collaboration with the owners of a Miami-based company. The scheme centered around American Therapeutic Corp., a seven-clinic chain that billed Medicare for group mental-health sessions that were either unnecessary or not provided to patients. The group’s patients, meanwhile, could not feed themselves or control their own bodily waste, according to prosecutors’ filings. Many lacked the mental capacity to respond to counseling and simply stared at walls or watched TV instead, raising questions about whether they were eligible for treatment. Throughout the prosecution, Negron, who was vice president of a subsidiary of the company, maintained she was unaware of the billing scheme to fleece the taxpayer-funded Medicare program. Negron, who was a first-time offender when she was sentenced, had run out of options when it came to appealing her sentence, but her family never gave up, according to Bill Norris, her appellate attorney. “She has steadfastly insisted on her own integrity,” Norris said. “Integrity is a little more complicated than innocence or guilt.”
Friendly Reminder: McCabe is innocent, like most of the people accused of crimes by the right. Anyone else notice how even after controlling the House, Senate, DoJ – with an appointed prosecutor, nothing was found against Hillary.
Stone, Flynn, Manafort, etc. have all been found guilty, but Trump is somehow innocent from all of this.
HRC, Obama, Biden, etc. have never been found guilty, but they’re all part of the deep state and are proof the courts are corrupt.
May we erect a statue of DJT in every city, town and village in the US and A to remind us of this great man who exemplifies the ideals of our founding fathers!
Friendly Reminder: the DOJ Inspector General found that McCabe “lacked candor” (a euphemism for lying) on a number of occasions, several of which were under oath. The Inspector General referred McCabe for prosecution. The DC US Attorney’s office declined to prosecute him.
I actually agree with Q on that one. Like, how does an anonymous twitter account which makes real predictions (with timelines that are wrong) still hold such influence over the alt-right? At what point does this become a mental illness?