U.S. v. Roy -- Asset Protection Evidence Of Flight Risk

Why is it that so many doctors envision themselves as an international James Bond sort of character?

Anyway see full Opinion at http://goo.gl/Qxexjm and cite as United States v. Roy, 2014 WL 4261954 (N.D. Tex. Aug. 28, 2014), and the best part is quoted below. This is about a doctor picked up on $375 million in medicare fraud charges, and is now trying to make bail.


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Finally, the history and characteristics of Dr. Roy as a person weigh heavily in favor of detention. Witnesses for the defense testified that Dr. Roy is from Canada and has family there that he visits about twice a year. A defense witness also testified that Dr. Roy has traveled to the Grand Cayman Islands. Documents found in a search of his home in 2011 include: a fabricated Texas driver's license and a fabricated Quebec driver's license under the name Michael or Michel Poulin, both bearing Dr. Roy's photograph; a Canadian birth certificate for Poulin matching the dates of birth on the driver's licenses; documents related to a Canadian passport for Poulin; paperwork for the Canadian equivalent of a social security card in Poulin's name, which corresponds to the birth certificate; a forged letter of good-standing for Poulin on bank letterhead signed with the bank officer's name in Dr. Roy's handwriting; corresponding paperwork on the requirements for opening a bank account in the Cayman Islands; a bank book signed in Dr. Roy's handwriting for an account with the Royal Bank of Canada, Grand Cayman Islands, held by Poulin; a corresponding $2000 deposit to Eurobank; a bank statement addressed to Dr. Roy from the Guardian Bank & Trust Cayman Islands, Ltd. which shows a balance of about $ 80,000 for account holder Perth Corporation, known to be affiliated with Dr. Roy; a money request for Quebec, Inc, signed by Dr. Roy in Poulin's name regarding $44,863.33; and many more notes, business cards, bank letterhead, and receipts. The search of Dr. Roy's library and attic also revealed a book titled Hide Your A$$et$ and Disappear: A Step–by–Step Guide to Vanishing Without a Trace and a pamphlet called "Asset Protection Made Easy."
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