It is now quite clear that the IARDC is in league with the miscreants

To: Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission
Copy:  United States Department of Justice
From: Ken Ditkowsky
Date: Feb 10, 2016
It is now quite clear that the IARDC is in league with the miscreants who are actively engaged in the elder cleansings of senior citizens and disabled people as all attempts to get the IARDC to engage in calling for an HONEST INVESTIGATION have failed.   In fact the IARDC has suspended Ms. JoAnne Denison and me for making such a call.   Rule 8.3 and 18 USCA 4 require persons who lack political clout to report these felonies to law enforcement, however, unilaterally Mr. Larkin and those individuals (including attorneys ostensibly working for the IARDC) in violation of 18 UsCA 371 and 18 USCA 242 have engaged in a serious cover- up and violation of core civil rights of those persons who comply with 18 UsCA 4 and other Federal statutes.
The Seth Gilman case has been cited as another clear example of the favoritism that prevails in Illinois and in particular the IARDC.
As the victims are all persons who are entitled to protection under the Americans with Disabilities act (title 2) and abuse, exploitation, deprivation of civil, human and property rights are not REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS a copy of this complaint letter is forwarded to the Department of Justice.   (the other reporting e-mails have also been forwarded)
Please let this e-mail be a complaint against Jerome Larkin and every attorney employed by the IaRDC who has engaged in the cover-up of this elder cleansing scandal and the corruption of the Courts by corrupt judges, lawyers, and others.    (This includes the cover-up of Judge Connor's evidence deposition in which on page 90 and following she admits to being 'fixed.')
The following article appeared in September 2015 and relates to the Gillman case.  
Exclusive: Passages Hospice Was ‘Corrupt To The Top,’ Says Former Employee
September 28, 2015Politics and Law, Society and CultureNo Comments
BY DANIEL GAITAN | daniel@lifemattersmedia.org
Denise Brunson only lasted a year and a half at Passages Hospice as a certified nursing assistant.
During her short time there, however, she witnessed what the FBI calls “an extensive scheme” to obtain higher Medicare payments by fraudulently providing hospice services to seniors who did not qualify for the care.
Brunson said she and other co-workers were “bullied” by higher-ups and told not to ask any questions. “In the middle of you speaking with them about your concerns, BAM you’re fired,” Brunson told Life Matters Media. “I always had something to say.”
Passages Hospice Founder Seth Gillman. Honorable Mention in the 2013 Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics, hosted by the Better Business Bureau. YouTube.
Passages Hospice Founder Seth Gillman. Honorable Mention in the 2013 Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics, hosted by the Better Business Bureau. Image credit: YouTube.
Partial owner Seth Gillman, 46, who founded the Lisle, Illinois-based for-profit company in 2005, was first charged in 2014 with health care fraud and conspiracy to defraud the government.
Fraud charges were later brought against Gwen Hilsabeck, who served as co-administrator; Carmen Velez, who served as director of clinical services and director of nurses for the Chicago region; and Angela Armenta, who served as director of certified nursing assistants for the Chicago region.
They were all released on bond and pleaded not guilty. Their trial is set for Feb. 16, 2016, an official with the Department of Justice told LMM.
From 2008 to 2009, Brunson said she was responsible for driving to various nursing homes across northeastern Illinois and providing hospice care services to patients. Brunson said Passages would “butter” nursing homes with baseball tickets, bonuses, “whatever you want” to make them more willing to accept Passages’ services. Passages did not operate its own inpatient facility, instead deploying clinicians to nursing homes and private residences throughout the Midwest.
Between 2008 and 2012, the FBI maintains that Gillman, Hilsabeck and Passages allegedly paid bonuses to nursing directors and certified nursing assistant directors to increase the number of patients receiving general inpatient hospice care. In 2012, Medicare’s daily reimbursement for general inpatient care was $671.84; the daily payment for routine care or home care was much lower, $151.23. Some patients may not have needed anything.
Hospice care is usually reserved for patients with a life-expectancy of six months or less.
“A lot of my patients really didn’t need to be on hospice,” Brunson said. “A lot of the patients that I had didn’t need to be on continuous care, and they would just shove me in there.”
It was common, Brunson said, to spend nights treating healthy patients and then be called to work the day shift in the morning.
Read the FBI's complaint
Read the FBI’s statement
“They never cared about giving us any time to sleep.” Following a night shift, Brunson said she was unexpectedly fired by Armenta for complaining about back pain. Turnover was “extremely high.”
Brunson’s claims were echoed by another former employee who asked not to be named as she continues to work in a similar industry.
“I left the company a few months before the indictment, after I couldn’t ignore my gut,” she said. “I was in the dark about the fraud, but I knew deep down I couldn’t be a part of that company anymore. I was appalled to find out how many people were involved in the deceit.”
Brunson said she only met Gillman once, during a “schmooze and groove” party between his many vacations. She hopes Gillman and Armenta are held responsible for their alleged actions.
“They had people working for them undercover somehow that would come into the facilities to spy on you,” she said. “People would come in, literally, and follow me around, ask me questions to see what I knew and what I didn’t know. It was ridiculous.
- See more at: Exclusive: Passages Hospice Was 'Corrupt To The Top,' Says Former Employee - Life Matters Media 


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Denise Brunson only lasted a year and a half at Passages Hospice as a certified nursing assistant.
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It should be noted that health care fraud is in the billions of dollars and this is not a victimless crime  - health care costs have a 700% fraud surcharge.  People such as Jerome Larkin who aid and abet this massive fraud with their cover-up are culpable.   A good citizen reports criminal activity and the report of public officials and judges who engage in criminal activity is NOT akin to yelling fire in a crowded theater as Larkin argued before the Supreme Court of Illinois.
Ken Ditkowsky
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