司法部指控密西西比州一名商人与黑帮家族合作,诈骗政府“医疗照顾”(Medicare)款项。由于纪录显示,这名商人曾与总统拜登的弟弟詹姆斯(James
Biden)有商业往来,不排除案件发酵后可能引发政治风波。
Politico报道,司法部已向新泽西州联邦法庭提交文件,形容涉案的密西西比商人兰斯顿(Keaton
Langston),涉嫌与佛州商人法雷泽(Thomas
Farese)合谋诈骗“医疗照顾”经费,但检方没有将兰斯顿列为被告,只形容他是案中“头号同谋”。此外司法部在另一宗洗钱案中,曾表示法雷泽是黑手党科伦坡(Colombo)家族的“军师”。
值得关注的是,媒体上月曾经披露,詹姆斯曾于2017年5月与兰斯顿前往佛州,向区内的连锁医院Americore推销兰斯顿名下公司的检测服务,而詹姆斯还用拜登的身份为Americore宣传,连串事件已引起国会共和党关注,希望了解詹姆斯有否利用兄长的政治影响力不当牟利。众院为弹劾拜登召开听证会时,詹姆斯上月向调查人员提交声明,当中也提到了自己与兰斯顿的佛州之行,但坚称自己与兰斯顿名下公司没有瓜葛。
与此同时,据悉詹姆斯还曾帮助Americore通过当局审批,获准收购宾州某家医院,并从海外筹集资金。2019年底Americore宣告破产,翌年FBI跟进医疗诈骗案时,也突袭搜查了这家宾州的医院。而在这次司法部的案件中,兰斯顿一名商业伙伴承认非法收取医院回扣,医院则骗取了联邦政府数千万元医疗补贴。
国会共和党调查拜登儿子亨特的海外利益时,也曾发现部分线索与詹姆斯有关,但至今并未发现拜登或詹姆斯涉嫌犯罪。
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