CLEVELAND (AP) - A former executive at a publicly funded hospital in Cleveland has been indicted with three other men on a slew of charges stemming from a federal racketeering and corruption case.
Cleveland.com reports (https://bit.ly/2eDy1Tr ) former MetroHealth Medical Center chief operating officer Edward Hills and three dentists are accused of providing and soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.
A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday charges Hills and the others with racketeering conspiracy, bribery, receipt of kickbacks and making false statement on tax returns.
Prosecutors say the group masterminded a series of schemes to accept bribes while working among the hospital system’s hierarchy.
The 56-year-old Hills, of Aurora, worked at MetroHealth for more than two decades and was COO from 2010 to 2014.
Hills’ attorney didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.
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