Santo Domingo.- Among those on the list of the 100 pardons by US President Donald Trump, is Dominican ophthalmologist based in Florida, Salomon Melgen, sentenced in 2018 to 17 years in prison for defrauding Medicare out of US$42 million.
Friend of the influential Democratic senator Robert (Bob) Menéndez (D-NJ, also accused of corruption, Melgen was arrested in April 2015 in Palm Beach County, north of Miami, and has since sought his release on bail, which he obtained after paying 18 million of dollars.
Judge Kenneth A. Marra also sentenced the renowned eye doctor to three years probation. In 2017 he stood trial and was released on US$18 million bail pending a sentence.
