He had it all. What do you need a yacht for??? If you have a toilet, a toothbrush and running water you automatically are better off than 2 billion other people. This is ego and envy the cure for which is gratitude.
Yes brother , forgiveness is needed for the blind, “ Forgive them Father for they know not what they do “ They are insane with a split mind from our Creator. Be Well and know we are all connected and need each other .❤
every single rip off con artist is ENABLED by the FED Wall Street and banking rules. you can't blame a human for being greedy [thats called 'free will'] but you can blame the LAW ENFORCEMENT for their FAILURES. 2008-11 international collapse was HELD UP by the whole system of compromised greed
I work for an insurance co. On Medicare advantage insurance companies don't approve a provider's claim without Medicare approval. If the insurance denies it it's because Medicare denies it or vice versa. We are trained as well to report fraud to CMS if we suspect it. CMS should be one to get investigated!
60 minutes in Australia is good, too. They score higher than the USA on the Press Freedom Index, which is 55. Australia used to score as badly until Murdoch left their country and moved to America. Australia is 39th, Canada is 13th, NZ is 19th, and the USA is 55th.
He said, "The more you show people you didn't need money the easier it was to attract money." This explains why there are so many people who would have got scammed, falling into this trap, people don't like working hard and prefer to get an easy route to get money. If someone told me how easily they got money or high investment returns, I would stay away from that.
Money, works hard. Entertainer, have to practice morning , noon and night, signing and dancing until the get right... Lawyers, need read and study and hang out the shingles... They, have work .. I don't know what, he did he did it all wrong.
@@marietellez6021 The rich avoid taxes by taking out loans based upon property. The value of the property value rises such that the loan gets rolled over since the value of the collateral rises. So instead of paying taxes on rising capital values spent as capital gains you are a debtor who has property. So by the magic of increasing debts and capital gains not being taken you avoid income taxes. Now you see how the swindle works and why many companies no longer pay out dividends.
Well, I think he has regret. Most actual psychopaths never show regret for their actions as it relates to themselves or others. Most actual psychopaths usually try to justify their actions. Admitting you did wrong is actually indicative he's not a psychopath. It's sin, not a psychological condition. This is envy and pride.
Yeah I think most people would be honestly. Having a conscience is a good thing. Fortunately most people are decent like that, but you truly can't trust everyone. Some people are wolves, others are sheep.
And here it is, im hardworking and have paid all my bills on time for the past 25 years and if I asked for that type of loan, Id also be asked for proof as though i need a checkup from the proctologist.
These guys don't give a damn about the crimes they commit and the people they hurt -- they ONLY care about getting caught. Never satisfied and enough is never enough.
So my question is why this man is not in a orange jumpsuit in a small small cell But if you robbed a bank without a gun for $2000 dollars you get 20 years
One Jewish man has said, _"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"_ (Mark 8:36-37)
Regular John Doe: steals $5,000.00 goes to hard core prison for 15 years. Wealthy John Doe: steals $400,000,000.00 goes to penthouse arrest for a little while.
70k per month?? What a racket! Electronic monitoring is normal for some violent criminals. Someone's brother/sister in law got their hands into that deal!
I am sickened by how easily people are drawn to the flames by the famous faces associated with these traps for the foolish. Those famous faces are paid to provide a cameo appearance and the average person is suckered into a scheme. The more famous faces that are paraded the less likely the business is legitimate.
True but remember mostly good people are this trusting , not greedy like a lot of people believe. Still golden rule is if it’s too good to be true, it usually is.
Not a legitimate way to view the world. That's a very blind, bias, way to look at it. A better way is to DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH, and then just follow the money. This is the only pure way to evaluate anything that deals with financial health. Just looking at how famous the endorsers are is ludicrous at best.
I had a neighbor years ago whose husband was charged for a hysterectomy. When she complained to Medicare, they said it was too late, they paid the claim. (Hint: Men don’t get hysterectomies) My mother gets more Covid tests that she doesn’t want or need, that she never asked for.
I was missed diagnosed 9 years ago. Went to the emergency room 3 times and was told I was having an anxiety attack, another doctor told my husband there was absolutely nothing wrong with me, and I needed to start seeing a therapist. Even had one doctor saying i was going through empty nest syndrome because 2 of my children moved out at the same time. A week later, I was being life flight out of the same emergency room from a blood clot in my left lung, left kidney, and aorta. Along with septic shock from an ulcer that perforated stomach. My family was told I probably won't make the 6 minute flight to another that can treat me.
You know what I give this guy kudos for come and clean and not trying to minimize what he did he's taking responsibility for it he's probably going to go to the Joint he's done lost probably a lot and it doesn't justify the crime but a lot of people wouldn't even show any kind of remorse or anything
"I wanted to be as important as I thought I deserved to be" and these are the people saying the youth of today are the most entitled Typical criminals scapegoating the victims of their schemes
No time to check on steadfastness and legalities. Busy with drinks & golfing & swinging parties. The usual suspects. Come on people, you know the people usually in news publications smiling and touting Christian values and very conservative views.
While your 200k mortgage takes 16 documents and three weeks of review proving income, assets, payment record, criminal history and favorite flavor of ice scream!
I have been robbed on my death bed by the only 4 people who were supposed to take care of me. If ever again, someone take as little as a toothpick from me wi.thout p.ermission, I don't know what will happen next. People are CRI.MINALS, not just sad and di.sappointing.
Yes, let's blame the victim. That's the mindset that allows someone to head the largest for-profit hospital system, one that defrauded Medicare, Medicaid & Tricare - which SETTLED at 1.7B in fines - to run for and win a gubernatxorial seat then a senatorial seat. Who, as senator, was leading the charge to sunset Social Security & Medicare. (The only silver lining is that said politician was tasked with heading senatorial elections and blew through the money he had access to with little to show for it. That committee might want to audit their books & if they were conned then that's on them for putting him in charge.)
That's okay... I'll stick with Medicare. The elderly who switched from a government run program to Medicare Advange (private insurance) are putting their lives on the line. The small-time crooks ripping off Medicare have nothing on the theives running private insurance.
Well, they did just say that they only had 3 Medicare fraud investigators assigned to the entire state of Florida (I'm assuming at the airing of this back in 2009, unless I missed something). So, I don't blame her for throwing the government or Medicare under the bus for a lack of resources to combat fraud. If there is money to be stolen, thieves will take advantage of any kind of lack of oversights.
Interesting that for Marc Dreier, the opposite of "something good I've done" is not "something bad I've done," but "something humiliating I've done." In other words, "It's about me being embarrassed because I got caught," not accepting his objectively bad acts as bad.
The guy speaks of his crime without shame, guilt or any remorse... He would do it again without thinking about it if he could... I am nearly impressed about his character!
8:05 so being able to mimic emotion and actually being emotional is very different. Psychopaths can mimic emotions so people trust them, but they are devoid of emotions because that’s how they are able to do a lot of the things psychopaths do. In my very limited way of thinking and opinion.
“The love of money”, add arrogance, entitlement and “never being told no as a child by his mom who is paying the money for his house arrest” and you get this guy and others like him.
I once was working for a company for several years, before I found out they did something illegal. they got themselves out of it, but it's quite shocking, to realize that you were a unknowingly a party to something illegal, as an employee.
Yes! I discovered I was a main financial backer for illegal drugs being grown in the WW2 NUCLEAR TUNNELS vis my EDF Electrics. EDF gave me multiple accounts for just one meter in one semi. 7+ years later after trying to reconnect my electricity 🔌 to get back onto the GRID, EDF insisted I was showing up as a HMO on a Multi Complex Metering System! When in fact, I did not have any meters in my house as I shut down over 7+ years before EDF - Southern Water & British Gas. I later discovered multi accounts also for each of my three utilities. I removed British Gas first after my boiler died. A year later a team of 3 men from British Gas returned:- 1 DUG up 2 deep holes in front garden - 2nd jumped into hole to do something (mechanical or technical = cyber) 3rd asked to come in with his British Gas Cyber Tablet (Verbatim Quote) "Right now your registering as using a hell of a lot of gas"! I replied:- "Oh No!". "It's a fair cop"! "You've caught me hacking into the GRID"! "Sorry, I'm only living up to my name = InGRID 😭😔
@@hotrox2112 Their clients were banks. But, it's happened before, that a small company forged thousands of signatures, because they lost them. The company is now out of business.
All the federal government had to do is start a department of street auditors whose job it is to visit clinics in person. It would cost a mere FRACTION of what it is losing now to fraud.
They could even hire local law enforcement to do checks in their spare time, to enforce the law, then when questionable activity is found, send a federal auditor.... EASY!
I’m a retired Prosecutor and Judge. I earned less per year than this crook paid his underlings. But, I can sleep at night and look myself in the mirror and not see a creep looking back at me. I wonder if this guy thinks all the money he stole and used was worth his prison time.
How can we be so light on white collar crimes? It's seems they take a prison vacay and get out rich through hidden money and live easy living until they die. Ppl will exchange living rich for a couple years in the big brother house. I wish ppl would learn that whatever collar crimes actually ruin ppls lives, and as society as a whole hurts all of us
"There's no greater desperation than to be told that you or your child has a disease for which there is no hope" Literally me, hearing the first words after waking up from a nap while putting these video to distract myself while battling an incurable illness myself. I just find it quite funny, what a coincidence to hear it when you're literally feeling at your worst, trying to take a nap which is barely even possible because the illness won't allow you to rest, and then you wake up to this. Haha. Anyway, amazing content!
1. Destroying people’s dreams, taking their last bits of savings. Eternal shame. 2. Medicare 😂what a joke 3. That Dr.Eklund fella should never have another day he enjoys himself.
I once heard a report that the annual budget of the Securities Exchange Commision was only a fraction of the budget of the Dept of Agriculture. I knew right then why white collar crime is so prevalent.
Those are subsidies to Am. farmers, to manipulate prices at Walmart ( lower for your person ) and to crush overseas competition in food production, most negative effects for African farmers
This is the same problem many politicians have once they get to Washington, DC, they become consumed by greed and easy money by either accepting bribes also known as selling access to “donors” and then use that money to illegally do insider stock trading and in doing so they lose all their integrity and morals. It is a real problem and these politicians need to be arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by the DOJ and if those trusted to be put in charge of those law enforcement institutions are also compromised too and doing the same thing they too need to be prosecuted also.
Success never feels on the inside how one imagines it feels from the outside. When you let your ego become obsessed with that imagined feeling in your mind, you begin sacrificing your humanity.
That's the trade the Devil gives them. Their humanity and soul for immense wealth and all the luxury that that wealth provides. I'd wager that easily better than half of the individuals in Wall Street firms that make the millions that they make, would choose keeping that money over saving their own mother from a certain death, if given the choice.
People complain about why they are not being caught, but remember you voted for smaller government so like meat inspectors they don’t have enough enforcement people to catch them!!
The first one - lawyer man - is very interesting as he had it all but admits he got greedy.. If it weren't so awful, his ability to keep all those things going and appear in court and be a good lawyer is amazing - what a waste of a life. He is out in 2026
Well at least he kept it real. Something that most would still be claiming, not guilty, had no clue and or make up some entire story that sounds crazier than what they've done.
White collar crimes where they make millions, hide it, pull a couple years at the pen hotel w free food, then get out and live rest of life rich. I would do it in a heartbeat, but I'm 50 and too honest
With the sophistication of American tech, there is no excuse for this easy fraud, unless those on the inside are either involved or directly frauding too
The stem cell Dr is a fraud. I am from Ecuador and my mother was treated by this fraudsters over there. We paid thousands of dollars at the time. It was a con.She never got any better .
I’ve been in the same situation. The numbers weren’t in the millions. But the desperation & maneuvering were the same. Once you deal with payroll numbers in the hundreds of thousands a month, a couple hundred thousand no longer sounds that big. Anything under 100K sounds like I’ll pay this back next month…. Not excusing this dude. I ALWAYS paid employees & their taxes. Just saying I can relate….
Thank you 60 minutes for reporting on this. All criminals should be arrested by the police, Prosecuted, Convicted, and given a Life sentence in prison.
I got as far as "the $70,000 monthly fee being paid by his mother" before I threw-up in my mouth. For we mere mortals, its difficult - if not impossible - to imagine what such a life must be... to find any kind of compassion for people such as this. "$70,000 a month." Good Lord!
Dude I’ve done house arrest before and it only cost me $25 for the unit and charging station, plus a monthly fee of like $50… granted I was only being ran up on low level baby felonies but still. This is crazy what company is allowed to operate like that?! I want to start a gps ankle monitoring bussiness and sit back and take all the white collar millionaires the court throws my way :)
The most important thing is to be able get a good deal on the property before you sell the property to someone who will pay for your house or your mortgage and you
I had hired one of his lawyers a couple of weeks before the scandal was exposed. I went into that building and up to a high floor to meet with my guy, who didn't charge me because I'm a musician and he said "Seeing that an artist doesn't get ripped off is my reward." Next thing I know the building is shut, my guy doesn't work there anymore and this guy is on the front page of every newspaper for fraud, boom. Just so everybody knows not all high-priced lawyers are about the money and nothing else. Some people, though!😮😮😮😮😮😮
Thank God my family had zero expectations for me. Expectations met and exceeded! (I do have one friend from a very different background who is an underachiever but has done amazing things). It's all perspective.
Truly Intelligent people are rarely financially wealthy... They are smart enough to understand that the middle class is the road to the best life. It takes a certain level of ignorance to reach that amount of money. They do say ignorance is bliss 🤷
The moment emotion was mentioned, the crocodile tears welled up like a professional sociopath. Only when it was mentioned was when he put water in his eyes. People CAN fake real tears. I know because I've done it. It took me a lot of work to be genuine to truly feel real emotions.
Great achievement and a hat off to you for making it a goal to begin with! It can be done by others too. Notice that this guy doesn’t use even the word “regret” but rather “humiliated.”
@AMunoz-rh9cz thank you so much, I'm grateful for your kind comment! I agree with you entirely! It was extremely telling when he said humiliated like we can't see through the emptiness of a man trying to save as much face as possible, just so he can hope to continue creating victims with his ruined reputation. That's the sad thing, on the other end of selfish, evil deeds are always victims, and that is ultimately sad. There's no such thing as a victimless crime!
Medicaid and Medicare only. The government pays out by law within a limited period of time but other private health insurance providers like Humana or blue cross blue shield would jump on the fraudulent claims like white on rice.
The older I get, the more I watch situations I've come to the conclusion it's a very tough world for an honest person!
I mean gee, it's so easy for liars to get money.
Have u Every heard the saying try to be the only guy playing straight in a dirty game
@@bryanbelcher5785 no, I haven’t heard that one...
Medicare permits these fraud
Medicare paid ?
Medicare does not aware ?
He had it all. What do you need a yacht for??? If you have a toilet, a toothbrush and running water you automatically are better off than 2 billion other people. This is ego and envy the cure for which is gratitude.
I wouldn't want a yacht or boat. It's too much money to keep up with.
I also don't like to be on the water too far off from the shore.
This is called the trump effect
@sp9138 my young friend, greed is much older than Trump
"Something went off the tracks"...yeah, it's called greed.
Sir, your comment is anti-semitic. Shame on you!
@@operacarmen😂
This isn’t true.
My downfall was t greed. It was trying to hold it together in a downturn….
He is right: the more you show people you don't need money, the more you attract money.
Like Prosperity Gospel taken to the extreme. Money down a attract money - to a point.
Like Trump and his MAGA cult😂
@mosestekper7659 All government is corrupt, regardless of the party or country 🎉😮
Right.
@@mosestekper7659 #TrumpDerangementSyndrome
This is so hard to watch. These are the monsters who have ruined our country. NO forgiveness!
And yet these are the people that get to sit out their sentences in their mansion while the petty thief sits in jail for a few years.
Yes brother , forgiveness is needed for the blind, “ Forgive them Father for they know not what they do “
They are insane with a split mind from our Creator. Be Well and know we are all connected and need each other .❤
@@boremir3956Bernie Madoff and this guy went to the same synagogue
All the people who were hurt, that's where the compassion should go, not to forgiveness for these crooks Trump included.
I agree democrats have pretty much destroyed America.
Insurance companies need to be investigated
every single rip off con artist is ENABLED by the FED Wall Street and banking rules. you can't blame a human for being greedy [thats called 'free will'] but you can blame the LAW ENFORCEMENT for their FAILURES. 2008-11 international collapse was HELD UP by the whole system of compromised greed
Workers comp included cuz I am pretty sure there's biases there too
I work for an insurance co. On Medicare advantage insurance companies don't approve a provider's claim without Medicare approval. If the insurance denies it it's because Medicare denies it or vice versa. We are trained as well to report fraud to CMS if we suspect it. CMS should be one to get investigated!
They should all be closed altogether.
so make a million dollars, go to jail for 4 years and done? that sounds like a better retirement plan that most gets
Better than rape. That gets you 20 years and you earn nothing. If you wanna do crime, do ponzi not rape. Lol
keyword: beat the system.
Wow, 400 million dollar Ponzi scheme?!!! Insane! The love of money is the root of evil!! GREED!
sell weed go to jail for life
the lawyer is still living a rich life confined in his own home
60-minute absolutely one of the best shows ever 😮
60 minutes in Australia is good, too. They score higher than the USA on the Press Freedom Index, which is 55. Australia used to score as badly until Murdoch left their country and moved to America. Australia is 39th, Canada is 13th, NZ is 19th, and the USA is 55th.
If that paper shredder could talk it would be worth a lot more than $25 🤣
Worth all the bricks of gold in Fort Knox to a prosecutor...lol
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Good one
He said, "The more you show people you didn't need money the easier it was to attract money." This explains why there are so many people who would have got scammed, falling into this trap, people don't like working hard and prefer to get an easy route to get money. If someone told me how easily they got money or high investment returns, I would stay away from that.
Money, works hard. Entertainer, have to practice morning , noon and night, signing and dancing until the get right... Lawyers, need read and study and hang out the shingles... They, have work .. I don't know what, he did he did it all wrong.
Crazy. Not easy to get medicare to help mom get mobility scooter but others can get millions. Smh
Move to Florida. Ron Desatan will help you get it for free
I hear you 100%..but!! You'd be surprised of why it's gotten so hard and it isn't the government nor the billionaires.
@@MrThejboe3oh5 will who are they ????
Billionaires like Trump better pay their fair share, and their taxes !!
@@marietellez6021 The rich avoid taxes by taking out loans based upon property. The value of the property value rises such that the loan gets rolled over since the value of the collateral rises. So instead of paying taxes on rising capital values spent as capital gains you are a debtor who has property. So by the magic of increasing debts and capital gains not being taken you avoid income taxes. Now you see how the swindle works and why many companies no longer pay out dividends.
"I did something foolish" spoken like a true psychopath! He is only sorry for himself and the fact he got caught.
Your opinion.
I fully agree with you. I commented before I read any other comments and found this general consensus to be very common.
@@TobycrizonUA-camYou're his Daddy? How much have you stolen from ppl bud
Well, I think he has regret. Most actual psychopaths never show regret for their actions as it relates to themselves or others. Most actual psychopaths usually try to justify their actions. Admitting you did wrong is actually indicative he's not a psychopath. It's sin, not a psychological condition. This is envy and pride.
His tell is that he said he's humiliated by this stuff... not that his actions are heinous.
my nerves would be shot if i ever did something even close to this. not to mention the guilt
Yeah I think most people would be honestly. Having a conscience is a good thing. Fortunately most people are decent like that, but you truly can't trust everyone. Some people are wolves, others are sheep.
Me too. I watch shows like this to reinforce myself!
That’s because you have ethics and morals. These con men have neither.
This is a man who thought everyone was stupid, but him. Unbelievable!
It seems from his demeanor during that interview he still thinks that.
you would think with so many cameras , people would quit cheating.
Apparently most where... just to hand over money, without ensuring that the situation was legit.
They need to investigate every Clinic in Miami! The amount of corruption is ridiculous
HOUSTON, TX.
ALL OF FLORIDA IS CORRUPT
They’ve been doing medical fraud in Miami since the late 90’s
The guy Dreier stole when he didn’t need to. People like this will never be happy. Starts within
And here it is, im hardworking and have paid all my bills on time for the past 25 years and if I asked for that type of loan,
Id also be asked for proof as though i need a checkup from the proctologist.
These guys don't give a damn about the crimes they commit and the people they hurt -- they ONLY care about getting caught. Never satisfied and enough is never enough.
I am certain that one day America will look back at Donald Trump the same way.
So my question is why this man is not in a orange jumpsuit in a small small cell
But if you robbed a bank without a gun for $2000 dollars you get 20 years
@@coryrogers846yes indeed...why is he not in jail ?
@@jefft5152wow...after everything has came to light you still have tht mindset and trump is on your mind....how sad ..wow
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It always seem to boil down to one question, "How much is enough"?
Power always seems to be the underlying cause.
it calls greed
One Jewish man has said, _"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"_ (Mark 8:36-37)
id say most ppl have a greed problem.
This guy is doing a service for all of us to show how even in our own way, we dig ourselves into a hole
He was full of greed and made a deal with the devil. What a shame he is truly a horrible human that makes bad choices.
Regular John Doe: steals $5,000.00 goes to hard core prison for 15 years.
Wealthy John Doe: steals $400,000,000.00 goes to penthouse arrest for a little while.
He got sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
@@legacyShredder1Club-Fed*
How's he gonna cope with other regular Joe's in prison....the judges are simply humane
@@kevinojiambo8148imo that shouldnt matter, if you know you couldnt cope with prison thats extra reason NOT to commit the crime.
Lizzy Holmes stole billions and she only got 10 years at club fed. The jail she is at is like an adult summer camp.
70k per month??
What a racket!
Electronic monitoring is normal for some violent criminals. Someone's brother/sister in law got their hands into that deal!
When a person is overcome by greed, no amount is never enough.
I am sickened by how easily people are drawn to the flames by the famous faces associated with these traps for the foolish. Those famous faces are paid to provide a cameo appearance and the average person is suckered into a scheme. The more famous faces that are paraded the less likely the business is legitimate.
yeah so true.....it reminds me of the FTX Crypto circus 😂😂😂
Money the root of all evil
@@davidfanai6174Sam Bankman Fried, Bernie Madoff and Mark Drier are all members of the same synagogue.
True but remember mostly good people are this trusting , not greedy like a lot of people believe. Still golden rule is if it’s too good to be true, it usually is.
Not a legitimate way to view the world. That's a very blind, bias, way to look at it.
A better way is to DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH, and then just follow the money. This is the only pure way to evaluate anything that deals with financial health.
Just looking at how famous the endorsers are is ludicrous at best.
I had a neighbor years ago whose husband was charged for a hysterectomy. When she complained to Medicare, they said it was too late, they paid the claim. (Hint: Men don’t get hysterectomies)
My mother gets more Covid tests that she doesn’t want or need, that she never asked for.
This has been a fascinating interview. Thank you 60 minutes!
I was missed diagnosed 9 years ago. Went to the emergency room 3 times and was told I was having an anxiety attack, another doctor told my husband there was absolutely nothing wrong with me, and I needed to start seeing a therapist. Even had one doctor saying i was going through empty nest syndrome because 2 of my children moved out at the same time. A week later, I was being life flight out of the same emergency room from a blood clot in my left lung, left kidney, and aorta. Along with septic shock from an ulcer that perforated stomach. My family was told I probably won't make the 6 minute flight to another that can treat me.
Wow !!!! Sue them!
Thank god your still with us 🙏❤️
You can’t sue after you sign for treatment smh 🤦🏽♀️
Over 30 years ago it cost $50k to Medivac a medical patient from SE Alaska to a Seattle Hospital 🏥
WOW!! How are you feeling today 2023 of October?
😯 WOW! These 60-Minutes-Segments about Fraud did answer alot of questions for me. Thanks! & 🤗 Hugs to ya!
You know what I give this guy kudos for come and clean and not trying to minimize what he did he's taking responsibility for it he's probably going to go to the Joint he's done lost probably a lot and it doesn't justify the crime but a lot of people wouldn't even show any kind of remorse or anything
"I wanted to be as important as I thought I deserved to be" and these are the people saying the youth of today are the most entitled Typical criminals scapegoating the victims of their schemes
This guy thinks if he admits his crimes, all will be forgiven.
It's antisemitic to not forgive him.
@@operacarmenGod says that you don't have to forgive those who aren't deserving or don't care about the consequences of their ill begotten ways🎉
Not gonna lie but him doing it to hedge funds puts a smile on my face. Hedge funds themselves are licensed thieves so I dont feel sorry for them
As the old adage goes “it’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission”.
It amazes me that someone can get 100 million dollars from a letter heading, and the lenders never got it checked out.
No time to check on steadfastness and legalities. Busy with drinks & golfing & swinging parties. The usual suspects. Come on people, you know the people usually in news publications smiling and touting Christian values and very conservative views.
He was a lawyer, so it bought him a lot of credibility.
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While your 200k mortgage takes 16 documents and three weeks of review proving income, assets, payment record, criminal history and favorite flavor of ice scream!
@@matrices3987With an orange face and 91 criminal charges
I know he did wrong ,but takes a real man to tell the truth ❤
If so much money is involved in fraud, it should be a piece of cake to assign a budget to fraud prevention and actually save lots of money.
our government can't even manage themselves... let alone use logic like you just did to combat fraud...lol
Exactly.
It’s sad and disappointing that so many people prey on others. It’s crazy that someone would take advantage of people as their job or way of earning.
I have been robbed on my death bed by the only 4 people who were supposed to take care of me.
If ever again, someone take as little as a toothpick from me wi.thout p.ermission, I don't know what will happen next.
People are CRI.MINALS, not just sad and di.sappointing.
@@EEE-jb4zwsorry to hear this. It is sad.
@EEE-jb4zw I know these words could never help but, I pray circumstances improve for you and those involved are held accountable.
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why pay taxes if our own government is this wreckless and stupid with OUR money
This is about scams, nothing to do with the government.
Yes, let's blame the victim. That's the mindset that allows someone to head the largest for-profit hospital system, one that defrauded Medicare, Medicaid & Tricare - which SETTLED at 1.7B in fines - to run for and win a gubernatxorial seat then a senatorial seat. Who, as senator, was leading the charge to sunset Social Security & Medicare.
(The only silver lining is that said politician was tasked with heading senatorial elections and blew through the money he had access to with little to show for it. That committee might want to audit their books & if they were conned then that's on them for putting him in charge.)
who are you talking about? elaborate more please @@sujimtangerines
That's okay... I'll stick with Medicare. The elderly who switched from a government run program to Medicare Advange (private insurance) are putting their lives on the line. The small-time crooks ripping off Medicare have nothing on the theives running private insurance.
@@sujimtangerines russia is evil
Life's biggest rules: work hard, be honest, and be happy with who you are
And keep an ego in check.
not even the government are honest, what makes you think they'll cut you a break
@@Steve-gc5ntvery important.💯
working hard gets you nowhere. It can barley get you the basic necessities
That Medicare lady was not gonna carry the blame. She had those rebuttals ready 😂
What the hell are you taking about
Well, they did just say that they only had 3 Medicare fraud investigators assigned to the entire state of Florida (I'm assuming at the airing of this back in 2009, unless I missed something). So, I don't blame her for throwing the government or Medicare under the bus for a lack of resources to combat fraud. If there is money to be stolen, thieves will take advantage of any kind of lack of oversights.
Interesting that for Marc Dreier, the opposite of "something good I've done" is not "something bad I've done," but "something humiliating I've done." In other words, "It's about me being embarrassed because I got caught," not accepting his objectively bad acts as bad.
Drier & Madoff: Smooth criminals
Selling your paintings to pay for house arrest... tough life.
Rich people problems
It's his mother that paid for the house arrest. The paintings were probably confiscated to keep him from selling and bribing.
@magnacz everything was taking but his home. He can't afford it now but hopefully hw was smart an paidex his taxes ahead
I know. trapped in his penthouse with GPS and two 70k mnth officers sounds crazy bad time lol
Hunter will just paint more.
The guy speaks of his crime without shame, guilt or any remorse... He would do it again without thinking about it if he could...
I am nearly impressed about his character!
Classic psychopath. He is.
@@adjustedfatesociopath, psychopaths do not know the difference between right and wrong…. Are too crazy.
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And stealing identity, stealing patient records...I've had that happen twice now...😟
Listening to this and looking that I was denied a 10,000 loan to fix our ac/heating system I’m just sick that people get away with.
Who needs 10k for AC system?. You need to shop around for prices.
I've been saying this for decades!! Why now do they jump on it?🤔
Religion is a means and ways of money laundering.
My mum told me when a was a young girl ,that money is the root of all evil….I used to smile…….I miss her.
Pride and greed is the root of all evil. Money is neutral. It's a tool just like a hammer
Not having money is also the root of all evil I think......
1 Timothy 6:10
I worked at a casino for 4 years. If I over paid anyone over a hundred dollars I would be fired.. yet this guy's are still in charge 😂
Because those casinos are backed by the mob. Always have been!🙄
I’m very thankful that 60 minutes digs deep in these situations helping humans to not be scammed by miscreant fraudsters.
8:05 so being able to mimic emotion and actually being emotional is very different. Psychopaths can mimic emotions so people trust them, but they are devoid of emotions because that’s how they are able to do a lot of the things psychopaths do. In my very limited way of thinking and opinion.
“The love of money”, add arrogance, entitlement and “never being told no as a child by his mom who is paying the money for his house arrest” and you get this guy and others like him.
I once was working for a company for several years, before I found out they did something illegal. they got themselves out of it, but it's quite shocking, to realize that you were a unknowingly a party to something illegal, as an employee.
Yes! I discovered I was a main financial backer for illegal drugs being grown in the WW2 NUCLEAR TUNNELS vis my EDF Electrics. EDF gave me multiple accounts for just one meter in one semi. 7+ years later after trying to reconnect my electricity 🔌 to get back onto the GRID, EDF insisted I was showing up as a HMO on a Multi Complex Metering System! When in fact, I did not have any meters in my house as I shut down over 7+ years before EDF - Southern Water & British Gas. I later discovered multi accounts also for each of my three utilities. I removed British Gas first after my boiler died. A year later a team of 3 men from British Gas returned:- 1 DUG up 2 deep holes in front garden - 2nd jumped into hole to do something (mechanical or technical = cyber) 3rd asked to come in with his British Gas Cyber Tablet (Verbatim Quote) "Right now your registering as using a hell of a lot of gas"! I replied:- "Oh No!". "It's a fair cop"! "You've caught me hacking into the GRID"! "Sorry, I'm only living up to my name = InGRID 😭😔
Most employees are clueless to what they're doing... then there are those that are well aware.
Your only as good as the Company you keep, Professionally, Personality, Socially....
@@hotrox2112 Their clients were banks.
But, it's happened before, that a small company forged thousands of signatures, because they lost them. The company is now out of business.
So, the richest country in the world can't even provide basic health care? Even Brazil does that. American people are amazing and deserve better
All the federal government had to do is start a department of street auditors whose job it is to visit clinics in person. It would cost a mere FRACTION of what it is losing now to fraud.
EXACTLY!!!
They could even hire local law enforcement to do checks in their spare time, to enforce the law, then when questionable activity is found, send a federal auditor.... EASY!
“Clearly if I could have gotten out of it, I would.” Clearly you could have told the truth and stopped your scam. Clearly.
the more money involved the less willingness to ask questions...how telling that is! business staying open without a single customer....
Some of these ads on UA-cam should be investigated by 60 minutes!!!
Poor guy got house arrest in a $10M penthouse.
he got 20 years in a federal prison
I’m a retired Prosecutor and Judge. I earned less per year than this crook paid his underlings. But, I can sleep at night and look myself in the mirror and not see a creep looking back at me. I wonder if this guy thinks all the money he stole and used was worth his prison time.
How can we be so light on white collar crimes? It's seems they take a prison vacay and get out rich through hidden money and live easy living until they die. Ppl will exchange living rich for a couple years in the big brother house. I wish ppl would learn that whatever collar crimes actually ruin ppls lives, and as society as a whole hurts all of us
Omg, he was doing "charities " with all the celebrities i knew were FOS lmfao
"There's no greater desperation than to be told that you or your child has a disease for which there is no hope"
Literally me, hearing the first words after waking up from a nap while putting these video to distract myself while battling an incurable illness myself. I just find it quite funny, what a coincidence to hear it when you're literally feeling at your worst, trying to take a nap which is barely even possible because the illness won't allow you to rest, and then you wake up to this. Haha. Anyway, amazing content!
Lockdown...I am sorry for your pain. But please find some gratitude in your misery.
This is such BS. This guy isn’t remorseful. He got caught exercising the entitlement his peers enjoy everyday. Wasn’t thinking clearly… 🤣 Please!!!
Full of criminals & psychopaths in banking, law, & politics.
1. Destroying people’s dreams, taking their last bits of savings. Eternal shame.
2. Medicare 😂what a joke
3. That Dr.Eklund fella should never have another day he enjoys himself.
I once heard a report that the annual budget of the Securities Exchange Commision was only a fraction of the budget of the Dept of Agriculture. I knew right then why white collar crime is so prevalent.
The FBI white collar crime division was mostly raided so everyone could move to Anti-Terrorism after 9/11. So there is no cop on the beat at FBI.
The Agricultural depth seems to be a front. Strange legislations lately.
Lĺlllĺĺ
Those are subsidies to Am. farmers, to manipulate prices at Walmart ( lower for your person ) and to crush overseas competition in food production, most negative effects for African farmers
Yeah right, more money would help, but not in the way you would imagine...
60minutes went soft on him, he's a sociopathic monster that hasn't learned a damn thing. He deserves everything he gets.
This is the same problem many politicians have once they get to Washington, DC, they become consumed by greed and easy money by either accepting bribes also known as selling access to “donors” and then use that money to illegally do insider stock trading and in doing so they lose all their integrity and morals. It is a real problem and these politicians need to be arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by the DOJ and if those trusted to be put in charge of those law enforcement institutions are also compromised too and doing the same thing they too need to be prosecuted also.
Success never feels on the inside how one imagines it feels from the outside. When you let your ego become obsessed with that imagined feeling in your mind, you begin sacrificing your humanity.
That's the trade the Devil gives them. Their humanity and soul for immense wealth and all the luxury that that wealth provides. I'd wager that easily better than half of the individuals in Wall Street firms that make the millions that they make, would choose keeping that money over saving their own mother from a certain death, if given the choice.
Our society is broken. This interview shows is where.
People complain about why they are not being caught, but remember you voted for smaller government so like meat inspectors they don’t have enough enforcement people to catch them!!
Vote blue 💙
19:36 👈🏼🤦🏻♂️ Unbelievable !!
😂 the whole economic system is a ponzi scheme
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That's soon going to crumble....seriously!
Yep, back to the Pre-industrial age soon
Yes, the United States government holds the prize for the longest running, most amount stolen ponzi scheme ever.
Facts
It is frustrating that people tend to give more money people who already have it but there’s good reasons for that.
The first one - lawyer man - is very interesting as he had it all but admits he got greedy.. If it weren't so awful, his ability to keep all those things going and appear in court and be a good lawyer is amazing - what a waste of a life. He is out in 2026
Well at least he kept it real. Something that most would still be claiming, not guilty, had no clue and or make up some entire story that sounds crazier than what they've done.
Greedy 1% scams another greedy 1%.
White collar crimes where they make millions, hide it, pull a couple years at the pen hotel w free food, then get out and live rest of life rich. I would do it in a heartbeat, but I'm 50 and too honest
Can you imagine the anxiety? I’m too lazy. I love to sleep at night lol
Sounds like this guy worked harder to steal a nickel than he would have to earn a dime. Congrats to him.
The good old days of 60 minutes, back when real journalism really existed on ABC, CBS, or NBC.
Lmao, now tell me when this came out
@@Jboooy18
According to the bottom right of the screen, October 2009.
Corruption is everywhere BEWARE.
Politicians are clearly involved in allowing this to continue
Religion is a means and ways of money laundering.
Yes, absolutely!! They know these unknown facts we all know now after this Medicare fraud exposure. And how to scam it. Disgusting greed!
Ron Desatan, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Ronald Reagan
Biden, Clinton , Obama….
Never enough consequences…Washington is FULL OF CRIMINALS
The “revolutionary” idea of keeping all of the profits for himself. What a pioneer!
The friggin greed. You only need 1 million for a big house and car…. But noo these fools just couldn’t leave it alone.
id argue most people are way too greedy.
I'd feel weighted down with houses, cars, boats, and furniture. Someone has to manage all that stuff. I'd rather have money tucked away somewhere.
53:00 Hedge funds playing with others money. 2024 will be interesting considering all the shorting hedge funds are doing.
With the sophistication of American tech, there is no excuse for this easy fraud, unless those on the inside are either involved or directly frauding too
Of course they are. Don't try to get in on their action either.
You know it.
@@kimberlys.t.7206 👏🏼✌🏼
He wanted to Distinguish himself. Mission accomplished! 😶
When being Rich, simply isn't good enough! smh
Religion is a means and ways of money laundering.
It's okay to be desperate for medical help but please be an educated desperado. That segment was sad.
The stem cell Dr is a fraud. I am from Ecuador and my mother was treated by this fraudsters over there. We paid thousands of dollars at the time. It was a con.She never got any better .
I'm sorry that happened to you and your mother
I’ve been in the same situation.
The numbers weren’t in the millions.
But the desperation & maneuvering were the same.
Once you deal with payroll numbers in the hundreds of thousands a month, a couple hundred thousand no longer sounds that big. Anything under 100K sounds like I’ll pay this back next month….
Not excusing this dude. I ALWAYS paid employees & their taxes.
Just saying I can relate….
$100 per hour for private jailers.
The people standing guard probably got $20 hr.
But, easy money!
Thank you 60 minutes for reporting on this.
All criminals should be arrested by the police, Prosecuted, Convicted, and given a Life sentence in prison.
What if the criminals are the popo?
I got as far as "the $70,000 monthly fee being paid by his mother" before I threw-up in my mouth. For we mere mortals, its difficult - if not impossible - to imagine what such a life must be... to find any kind of compassion for people such as this. "$70,000 a month." Good Lord!
He could be remanded I jail. He's lucky he has the option, or his mother did.
Dude I’ve done house arrest before and it only cost me $25 for the unit and charging station, plus a monthly fee of like $50… granted I was only being ran up on low level baby felonies but still. This is crazy what company is allowed to operate like that?! I want to start a gps ankle monitoring bussiness and sit back and take all the white collar millionaires the court throws my way :)
The most important thing is to be able get a good deal on the property before you sell the property to someone who will pay for your house or your mortgage and you
Greed on both sides is the only way this scheme can flourish
they auctioned off office furniture to pay his creditors to whom he owed hundreds of millions. What a joke
Okay if mommy can pay $75,000 a month. Can someone tell me why is this dude so damn greedy?
Because he gave her that money before he got busted.
“I get the feeling you don’t have many emotions”
“Watch this, I can sniffle.”
😂😂😂😂
Lol😂
At least he's honest about it. Much to be learned. Thank you for that.
I had hired one of his lawyers a couple of weeks before the scandal was exposed. I went into that building and up to a high floor to meet with my guy, who didn't charge me because I'm a musician and he said "Seeing that an artist doesn't get ripped off is my reward." Next thing I know the building is shut, my guy doesn't work there anymore and this guy is on the front page of every newspaper for fraud, boom. Just so everybody knows not all high-priced lawyers are about the money and nothing else. Some people, though!😮😮😮😮😮😮
Michael Avenatti
What happened to your lawyer? I'm sure they went through a lot too.
Lawyer taking Intrinsic reward alone 😬 yeah that’s a big red flag
Thank God my family had zero expectations for me. Expectations met and exceeded! (I do have one friend from a very different background who is an underachiever but has done amazing things). It's all perspective.
The willingness of people to hand over theirs and other peoples money to an imaginary person to make them rich. People are stupid.
Just imagine of trump supporters still giving money to traitor Trump for his campaign 😂
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Truly Intelligent people are rarely financially wealthy... They are smart enough to understand that the middle class is the road to the best life. It takes a certain level of ignorance to reach that amount of money. They do say ignorance is bliss 🤷
@@catrashooseriously...look at Biden opened up the border ...can you imagine a country with open borders??...it's insane
The moment emotion was mentioned, the crocodile tears welled up like a professional sociopath. Only when it was mentioned was when he put water in his eyes. People CAN fake real tears. I know because I've done it. It took me a lot of work to be genuine to truly feel real emotions.
Great achievement and a hat off to you for making it a goal to begin with! It can be done by others too.
Notice that this guy doesn’t use even the word “regret” but rather “humiliated.”
Respect :) x
Guess you’re a professional sociopath then .
@AMunoz-rh9cz thank you so much, I'm grateful for your kind comment! I agree with you entirely! It was extremely telling when he said humiliated like we can't see through the emptiness of a man trying to save as much face as possible, just so he can hope to continue creating victims with his ruined reputation. That's the sad thing, on the other end of selfish, evil deeds are always victims, and that is ultimately sad. There's no such thing as a victimless crime!
@@stephenwise3635 thank you 🙏❤️ I appreciate all of you! X
He doesn’t even appear remorseful stealing from people. Really sick and sad.
Is it just Medicaid or is it other medical insurance companies also?
Medicaid and Medicare only. The government pays out by law within a limited period of time but other private health insurance providers like Humana or blue cross blue shield would jump on the fraudulent claims like white on rice.
Someone gave him 100M? I can't even get the Govt to help us with housing let alone 100M😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂