Seven New York Hospital Employees Charged With Accepting Bribes

Seven employees from two different hospitals in Bronx, N.Y., were charged with accepting bribes to steer victims of minor injuries resulting from car crashes to clinics operated Daniel Levy, where they often received “months” of unnecessary care, according to a report by the New York Daily News.

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According to the report, Franklin Martinez, Vanessa Marte, Prabhudial Balkaran, Natasha Samuels, Benito Figueroa, Odalis Caraballo and Kenton Wright received “several hundred dollars” for giving clinic operators and an attorney contact information of car crash victims. All seven defendants face up to seven years in prison.

The attorney charged with bribing the employees, William Hamel, was released on $25,000 bond and also faces up to seven years in prison. Mr. Levy was charged for his involvement in the scheme in July.

Read the Daily News’ report on the Bronx bribe scheme.

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