I hope Sunny just remembers at this time, no one is above the law, right?
I have a feeling that Sunny might be singing a different tune now with this news of a RICO case coming from the Feds.
The husband of 'The View' co-host Sunny Hostin has been accused of insurance fraud in a sweeping federal lawsuit filed last month.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Emmanuel 'Manny' Hostin and his practice, Hostin Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, were named among more than 180 defendants in a major RICO case filed in New York on Dec. 17.
Yeah, so this is a big fraud case across nearly 200 doctors' offices. It's a $450 million lawsuit as well. Not small potatoes.
The docs were apparently faking surgeries and accepting big kickbacks as part of the scam.
According to The Daily Mail, Hostin and the other defendants were allegedly receiving 'kickbacks' for performing surgeries and fraudulently billing the insurance company that provides for Uber, Lyft and other taxi companies.
'Hostin knowingly provided fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic surgeries,' the lawsuit claims, per The Daily Mail, adding that the American Transit Insurance Company, which filed the lawsuit, was billed 'in exchange for kickbacks and/or other compensation which were disguised as dividends or other cash distributions.'
Isn't his wife, you know, some sort of star lawyer and the legal expert on The View? You'd think he'd know better!
In a press release announcing the $450 million lawsuit, American Transit said, 'The federal court complaint, filed in the Eastern District of New York, alleges that the defendants sought to take advantage of New York's no-fault auto insurance laws, which require insurance companies to reimburse their policyholders for the cost of necessary and documented medical care up to $50,000 for personal or private passenger vehicles ($200,000 for taxis and for-hire vehicles in New York City) for injuries arising out of an accident regardless of fault. These substantial possible no-fault recoveries can incentivize providers with ill intent to over-diagnose, over-treat, and over-bill to recover the most money for themselves.'
What a crazy New York law, huh?
Of course, the suit was filed last month, and the trial won't be for a little while, so we'll have to wait and see on the defense.
But I cannot wait for Sunny Hostin to come on air and lecture us about "being above the law" again.
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