Menendez Case Summary
Journal 4
This week we cover corruption of from people in public office and the difficult of actually attempting to prosecute. One of the cases that was reviewed was the case involving a demarcated Senator named Robert Menendez from New Jersey. The Senator was accused assisting Salomon Melgen, a Florida eye doctor on two occasions once to try to solve his friend's Medicare billings problem and second helping Melgen's port cargo contract in the Dominican Republic.
In the case the Senator Menendez also took “accepted a series of trips and gifts over the years from his friend, including free private-jet flights, stays at resorts in Paris, trips to the Dominican Republic and more than $750,000 in campaign contributions” (Phillips, 2016). Menendez
This week we cover corruption of from people in public office and the difficult of actually attempting to prosecute. One of the cases that was reviewed was the case involving a demarcated Senator named Robert Menendez from New Jersey. The Senator was accused assisting Salomon Melgen, a Florida eye doctor on two occasions once to try to solve his friend's Medicare billings problem and second helping Melgen's port cargo contract in the Dominican Republic.
In the case the Senator Menendez also took “accepted a series of trips and gifts over the years from his friend, including free private-jet flights, stays at resorts in Paris, trips to the Dominican Republic and more than $750,000 in campaign contributions” (Phillips, 2016). Menendez