Menendez Donor Faces Florida Jury in Medicare Fraud Trial
- Eye doctor Salomon Melgen denies he improperly billed U.S.
- Prosecutors say he cheated government health program
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A Florida jury heard conflicting accounts of Medicare-fraud allegations against a wealthy eye doctor, who is also charged separately with bribing U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat.
Salomon Melgen, 62, a close friend of Menendez, is accused of fraudulently billing Medicare for a “substantial portion” of $105 million he received for treatment of patients at four South Florida eye clinics. Prosecutors say he also falsely diagnosed patients and violated complex regulations on multiple dosing from single vials of an eye medicine, Lucentis.