A federal criminal investigation into a West Palm Beach eye surgeon with close ties to a U.S. senator centers on the doctor’s billing of Medicare for millions of dollars to treat elderly patients suffering vision loss who may not have needed the costly services he administered, The Miami Herald has learned.
Even by Washington standards, Sen. Bob Menendez’s ties to a former aide, a South Florida donor and an overseas port deal that could benefit the two looks unusually cozy, ethics watchdogs say.
When Univision interviewed a woman it suggested was named in a prostitution scandal tied to Sen. Bob Menendez, the Spanish-language powerhouse network didn’t disclose how it determined if this woman was even the right person.
BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic -- By day, Italian tourists pack the beach of this Caribbean seafront village. By night, prostitutes fill its streets.
