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http://www.extralove.com/index_for_ash.htmlCodina publicly shouldered the blame for setting up the Duque deal. Bush has said he was taken in, along with many other prominent citizens, by a master scam artist.
In 1985, developer Hiram Martinez Jr., whose request for $18 million worth of federal loan insurance for a Kendall apartment development had been held up in Washington because of questions over its land value, asked Bush to write to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The contractor was Camilo Padreda, who served as finance chairman of the Miami-Dade GOP when Bush was chairman.
A copy of the letter released by HUD shows that Bush asked an agency undersecretary to ''review'' the matter. He also enclosed a letter from Martinez's lawyer.
Martinez got the loan, but he had inflated the land value and cost of the project. He got six years in prison for fraud. Padreda served out house arrest and probation.
Bush has said he doesn't remember writing the letter.
Also in 1985, Bush was retained to find a new corporate headquarters for fast-growing International Medical Centers, a Miami-based HMO owned by Miguel Recarey Jr. and the largest recipient of Medicare payments in the country. Bush later said he was unaware that Recarey had an arrest record and had served 30 days in jail for tax evasion.
Recarey complained to Bush that tightened federal rules would hurt business by capping IMC's enrollment of Medicare patients. Bush made a call to the Department of Health and Human Services on Recarey's behalf. An HHS official later said Bush's call helped IMC obtain an exemption from the rule.
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