Re: Philippines probing alleged health insurance fraud

On Apr 26, 1:31 pm, Otis Willie PIO The American War Library
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Philippines probing alleged health insurance fraudhttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.asp?n=1&neID=20080425375.4_e5...

{EXCERPT} Insurance News Net (press release), PA The firm was charged with
cheating the US Department of Defense health care program, TRICARE, with
inflated bills, a sham insurance program and fake claims...

http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.asp?n=1&neID=20080425375.4_e5...

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The cited news article says, in part, "Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez
on Friday confirmed that the medical care group found responsible for
the fraud operated in Subic, north of Philippine capital Metro
Manila." The "PHILIPPINES and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Extradition
Treaty (with exchange of notes dated 26 January and 17 March 1995).
Signed at Manila on 13 November 1994, seen at
http://untreaty.un.org/unts/120001_144071/20/7/00016687.pdf, says, in
part:

---begin quote
Article 1
Obligation to Extradite
The Contracting Parties agree to extradite to each other, pursuant to
the
provisions of this Treaty, persons whom the authorities in the
Requesting State
have charged with or convicted of an extraditable offense.
Article 2
Extraditable Offenses
1. An offense shall be an extraditable offense if it is punishable
under
the laws in both Contracting Parties by deprivation of liberty for a
period
of more than one year, or by a more severe penalty.
---end quote

I'm sure that it would be possible to complicate and prolong this
beyond all reason, but the basics of RP-US extradition seem pretty
straightforward.

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