Joey merlino and others busted

[Chucky]

He's a little twerp and his smile is gonna get rammed up his skinny ass at trial. 20 years minimum...and that will be goodbye forever to a guy who wouldn't have made Captain in any other mob family. The punk that he is. I can't wait to hear the tapes

You may be right, Scott was on the radio doing an interview Thursday and said his LE sources reported more charges are coming in another indictment for Merlino

Burnstein?

[willychichi]

He's a little twerp and his smile is gonna get rammed up his skinny ass at trial. 20 years minimum...and that will be goodbye forever to a guy who wouldn't have made Captain in any other mob family. The punk that he is. I can't wait to hear the tapes

You may be right, Scott was on the radio doing an interview Thursday and said his LE sources reported more charges are coming in another indictment for Merlino

Burnstein?

Yes, he did a print interview with Vice and he was on one of the local radio stations talking about the case, you may have seen this but here's a piece of the Vice interview: http://www.vice.com/read/mafia-bust-cos ... hia-jersey

[Wiseguy]

Joeys pal brad sirkin re arrested for $167 million dollar fraud and money laundering

It's funny because more than a few people on these forums were whining about what a bullshit case this is, making jokes about compound cream, and this involves millions of dollars.



5 Pasco men face fraud charges in multimillion-dollar medication scheme
Margie Manning
Aug 10, 2016, 7:30am

Eight Florida men, including five men from New Port Richey, are accused of health care fraud in a case that involves compounded medications — a growing focus for government probes.

The men are charged in an Aug. 3 indictment with using A to Z Pharmacy in New Port Richey and other pharmacies in the Miami area to submit bogus reimbursement claims for prescription compounded medications to private insurance companies, Medicare and Tricare, the federal government payor for military health insurance.

The five New Port Richey men are identified as Nicholas Borgesano Jr., Edwin Young, Matthew Sterner, Peter Williams and Joseph Degregorio. Also named in the indictment are Bradley Sirkin of Boca Raton, Scott Piccininni of Fort Lauderdale and Wayne Kreisberg of Parkland.

Prosecutors said some of the men were arrested Tuesday and will have initial court appearances in federal court in Tampa and in Miami.

Compounding is a practice in which a pharmacist or a physician combines drug ingredients to create a medication tailored to an individual’s needs. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a ban on advertising by compounding pharmacies in 2002, leading to a marketing blitz and a subsequent crackdown by prosecutors, according to an April report by the American Bar Association.

In the latest case, the reimbursement claims allegedly were based on prescriptions generated as a result of illegal kickbacks and bribes, prescriptions that were not based on legitimate relationships between patients and doctors, and misuse of patient information, a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice said. The reimbursement claims also allegedly listed certain pharmaceutical ingredients in the medications they did not contain.

The pharmacies submitted about $633 million in claims and received about $157 million in reimbursements, prosecutors said.

The case was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, which operates in nine cities, including Tampa and Miami.

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/blo ... llion.html

[Chucky]

Christ, this was some scam. It said in the detention memo that Sirkin was related to some higher ups in the Lucchese family.

[Wiseguy]

Here's the press release


Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Eight Individuals Charged in Multimillion-Dollar Compounding Pharmacy Fraud Scheme

Eight Florida residents were charged in an indictment that was unsealed today for their alleged participation in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme involving prescription compounding pharmacies located in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area and in Miami.

Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III of the Middle District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Paul Wysopal of the FBI’s Tampa Field Office and Special Agent in Charge George Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office made the announcement.

Nicholas A. Borgesano Jr., 43, of New Port Richey, Florida; Bradley Sirkin, 54, of Boca Raton, Florida; Scott D. Piccininni, 47, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Edwin Patrick Young, 48, of New Port Richey; Wayne M. Kreisberg, 39, of Parkland, Florida; Matthew N. Sterner, 47, of New Port Richey; Peter D. Williams, 55, of New Port Richey; and Joseph Degregorio, 71, of New Port Richey, were each charged in a 12-count indictment returned on Aug. 3, 2016, with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. Borgesano, Sirkin, Piccininni, Kreisberg and Sterner were each also charged with three money laundering counts. Several defendants were arrested today and will have their initial appearances in federal courts in the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.

According to the indictment, from approximately October 2012 through December 2015, the co-conspirators allegedly used A to Z Pharmacy Inc., located in New Port Richey, and several Miami-area pharmacies to cause the submission of false and fraudulent reimbursement claims for prescription compounded medications to private insurance companies, Medicare and Tricare. These reimbursement claims were allegedly based on prescriptions generated as a result of illegal kickbacks and bribes, prescriptions that were not based on legitimate provider/patient relationships and misuse of patient information. Additionally, the reimbursement claims allegedly represented that medications contained certain pharmaceutical ingredients when they did not. In addition to A to Z Pharmacy, the defendants used Medplus/New Life Pharmacy, Metropolitan Pharmacy, Havana Pharmacy, Jaimy Pharmacy and Prestige Pharmacy to submit the reimbursement claims, according to the indictment.

The pharmacies submitted approximately $633 million in claims for prescription compounded medications and received approximately $157 million in reimbursement based on the claims, the indictment alleges. The conspirators allegedly used shell companies to transfer and disburse the money and to conceal the conspirators’ activities in the fraud scheme.

An indictment is merely an accusation, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

The FBI investigated the case, which was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, under the supervision of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Florida. Senior Trial Attorney Christopher J. Hunter of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section is prosecuting the case.

Since its inception in March 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, now operating in nine cities across the country, has charged nearly 2,900 defendants who have collectively billed the Medicare program for more than $10 billion. In addition, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with the HHS Office of Inspector General, are taking steps to increase accountability and decrease the presence of fraudulent providers.

To learn more about the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Team (HEAT), go to http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/eight-in ... aud-scheme

[willychichi]

Sirkin is also involved with a recycling center in Jersey and has a record dating back to 1989.

Amid alleged mob links, Senate considers recycling oversight

http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/ ... /88418340/

[willychichi]

The men are charged in an Aug. 3 indictment with using A to Z Pharmacy in New Port Richey and other pharmacies in the Miami area to submit bogus reimbursement claims for prescription compounded medications to private insurance companies, Medicare and Tricare, the federal government payor for military health insurance.

In the latest case, the reimbursement claims allegedly were based on prescriptions generated as a result of illegal kickbacks and bribes, prescriptions that were not based on legitimate relationships between patients and doctors, and misuse of patient information, a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice said. The reimbursement claims also allegedly listed certain pharmaceutical ingredients in the medications they did not contain.

The pharmacies submitted about $633 million in claims and received about $157 million in reimbursements, prosecutors said.

The case was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, which operates in nine cities, including Tampa and Miami.

Thanks Wiseguy, looks like they got their hands on a ton of medicare patients names and social security numbers?

[Garbageman]

Sirkin is also involved with a recycling center in Jersey and has a record dating back to 1989.

Amid alleged mob links, Senate considers recycling oversight

http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/ ... /88418340/

Yeah, I remember this guy Sirkin. That article references a multitude of sites he has his hands in dumping contaminated dirt.

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[Garbageman]

Article from Sirkin's Palmyra dump. Curious how he fled to Boca after the state of NJ shut his ass down

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/0 ... zed-crime/

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[TommyGambino]

Christ, this was some scam. It said in the detention memo that Sirkin was related to some higher ups in the Lucchese family.

Did it mention names Chucky?

[Cheech]

Merlino doesn't look so cocky now. His trade mark grin is no where to be found..


Pogo

Agreed Pogo. He's a little twerp and his smile is gonna get rammed up his skinny ass at trial. 20 years minimum...and that will be goodbye forever to a guy who wouldn't have made Captain in any other mob family. The punk that he is. I can't wait to hear the tapes

Whats your deal? Its borderline strange.

[Chucky]

Christ, this was some scam. It said in the detention memo that Sirkin was related to some higher ups in the Lucchese family.

Did it mention names Chucky?

No names, Tommy, but it said they were part of the NJ faction of the Luccheses...wonder if it plays into Merlino and Joey Perna's relationship?

[bobbybats]

Merlino doesn't look so cocky now. His trade mark grin is no where to be found..


Pogo

Agreed Pogo. He's a little twerp and his smile is gonna get rammed up his skinny ass at trial. 20 years minimum...and that will be goodbye forever to a guy who wouldn't have made Captain in any other mob family. The punk that he is. I can't wait to hear the tapes

Whats your deal? Its borderline strange.

Ive wondered that myself. A lot of hate for someone whom he doesn't even know or even met.

[Wiseguy]

Christ, this was some scam. It said in the detention memo that Sirkin was related to some higher ups in the Lucchese family.

Did it mention names Chucky?

No names, Tommy, but it said they were part of the NJ faction of the Luccheses...wonder if it plays into Merlino and Joey Perna's relationship?

One or two articles have said Sirkin is related to a Lucchese captain, though they didn't specify who. This in addition to being close with Merlino as well as an unnamed Bonanno captain. The guy is the very definition of "mobbed up."

[Chucky]

Anastasia and Schratwieser mentioned Sirkin on the news briefly when Merlino was arrested and that there might an indictment coming involving New York & Philly with the waste dumping in NJ. I would guess that the Bonanno capo is a NJ guy given Sirkin's connections.