Ex-Broward Health exec charged with bribery, extortion, money laundering
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The North Broward Hospital District has agreed to pay the government $69.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A former Broward Health purchasing director was in federal court Friday and stands accused of giving lucrative government contracts to vendors in exchange for bribes, prosecutors say.
Brian Bravo, 46, is also accused of directing bribe money to various bank accounts in an attempt to conceal the crimes.
Bravo, of Pembroke Pines, worked as the hospital system’s corporate procurement officer and director of materials management for about a decade.
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The group led by three physicians with a knack for making headlines posted its own review and meta-analysis of the global ivermectin literature on its website.
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