NewsWhore
06-19-2008, 02:10 PM
US federal agents are in the DR investigating money laundering involving Medicare funds. Sources say that the perpetrators of the scam defrauded the Medicare system out of millions of dollars and laundered the money through the DR. Three FBI agents as well as other enforcement officials are currently in the DR to carry out the investigation. Dominican Attorney General Radhames Jimenez said that officials have many leads, but didn't provide more details. The AG said that this has nothing to do with Drug Control Department (DNCD) head Rafael Ramirez's comments last week that officials are on the verge of capturing a criminal "larger than drug trafficker Paulino Quirino". The AG said that US and Dominican officials are cooperating in the investigation. The AG doesn't know how long the US officials will be in the DR.
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