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Democrat ‘Gold Bar Bob’ Gets 11 Years for Bribery

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Ridgewood NJ, in a historic corruption case, former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (D) was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after being convicted of bribery, fraud, and extortion (New Jersey Values?) . The sentencing, handed down in Manhattan federal court, marks the dramatic fall of the once-powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman.

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Key figure in Menendez corruption case convicted of fraud

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By JOHN BRESNAHAN and JOSH GERSTEIN

04/28/17 04:02 PM EDT

Dr. Salomon Melgen, a key figure in the bribery and corruption case against Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, was convicted on Friday of improperly billing the federal government for more than $100 million in medical insurance payments.

After three days of deliberations, a jury in West Palm Beach, Fla. delivered 67 guilty verdicts against Melgen on charges that he submitted claims to Medicare for eye procedures and tests that were either unnecessary or never performed.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/28/key-figure-in-menendez-corruption-case-convicted-237765