2 arrests in Roosevelt Boulevard crash that killed mother and 3 sons
July 18,2013

OLNEY - July 17, 2013 (WPVI) -- Philadelphia Police have arrested two men in connection with Tuesday's deadly accident on Roosevelt Boulevard that claimed the lives of a mother and three of her young sons.

Khusen Akhmedov, 23, of Lancaster City, Pa., and Ahmen Holloman of the 7000 block of Soulder Street in Philadelphia are charged with multiple counts of homicide by vehicle, third degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and other offenses.

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Holloman was driving a 1994 Honda. Akhmedov was driving the 2012 Audi that struck and killed Samara Selena Banks and three of her young sons.Detectives say Akhmedov was unable to stop in time. They say Banks' body was found 200 feet from impact.

Police say Banks and her four young boys, from the 4600 Block of C Street, were crossing Roosevelt Boulevard at North Second Street in Olney just before 10:30 p.m. when they were hit.

Samara and her 1½-year-old son Saa-sean Williams were pronounced dead at the scene.

9-month-old Saa-mir Williams, was transported to Albert Einstein Medical Center where he later died.

Samara's 4-year-old son Saa-deem Griffin was transported to Saint Christopher's Hospital where he was pronounced dead early Wednesday.

Samara's fourth child, 5-year-old Saa-yon Griffin remains in stable condition at Albert Einstein Medical Center with bumps and bruises.

Police say Banks' sister saved him.

Meantime, a large crowd of friends and family gathered along Roosevelt Boulevard Wednesday night to mourn the deaths of Banks and her boys.

"I'm hurt real bad, and my son taking it real hard," said the boys' grandfather, Walter Fullard. "And I want something to be done about this."

"We're just grieving right now," said Latonia Byrd, "for my niece and the children. And we have to worry about one more child that has to live."

Relatives say Banks was a doting mother.

She and her children had been visting her grandmother on the other side of the Boulevard last night and were on their way home when they were hit.

"There are no words to describe losing your daughter and three of your grandchildren. I'm very distraught right now," Samara's stepfather Walter Homes said.

"We did a lot of things together. I love her and miss her so much; I miss my godson so much," Saa-sean's Godmother Tyeisha Marshall
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It appears that the FBI didn't confiscate all of the ill gotten gains from the Medicare fraud, A 2012 Audi? nice ride. Why was this man on the streets?

Seven Charged in Health Care Fraud Scheme
Medicare Billed $3.6 Million for Unnecessary Ambulance Rides

U.S. Attorney’s OfficeApril 10, 2013
  • Eastern District of Pennsylvania(215) 861-8200



PHILADELPHIA—An indictment was unsealed today charging Penn Choice Ambulance Inc., operating from Philadelphia, Huntington Valley, and Camp Hill, Pennsylvania; its owner Anna Mudrova; and operators Yury Gerasyuk, Mikhail Vasserman, Irina Vasserman, Aleksandr Vasserman, Valeriy Davydchik, and Khusen Akhmedov with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The alleged scheme involved more than $3.6 million in fraudulent claims submitted to Medicare. The defendants were also charged with related crimes including making false statements in connection with health care matters, aggravated identity theft, paying kickbacks to patients, and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
Valeriy Davydchik, 58, and Khusen Akhmedov, 22, Mikhail and Irina Vasserman, both 50, and Aleksandr Vasserman, 29, all of Philadelphia, were arrested this morning. Mudrova, 40, Gerasyuk, 41, also of Philadelphia, will make a court appearance tomorrow. According to the indictment, the defendants conspired to defraud Medicare by recruiting patients who were able to walk and could travel safely by means other than ambulance and who therefore were not eligible for ambulance transportation under Medicare requirements. It is alleged that the defendants, and others acting on their behalf, falsified reports to make it appear that the patients needed to be transported by ambulance when the defendants knew that the patients could be transported safely by other means and that many of them walked to the ambulance for transport. It is further alleged that the defendants themselves, or through others, paid illegal kickbacks to the patients as part of scheme. The defendants allegedly billed Medicare for these ambulance services as if those services were medically necessary and, as a result of the allegedly fraudulent billing, the Medicare program sustained losses of more than $1.5 million for this medically unnecessary method of transportation.
If convicted, the defendants face substantial terms of imprisonment and fines. If convicted, Penn Choice Ambulance Inc. faces significant financial penalties, including substantial criminal fines, restitution, and forfeiture obligations. All defendants could also be excluded from participating in federal health care programs.
Bank accounts and other assets were seized which are subject to criminal forfeiture proceedings.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney M. Beth Leahy.

http://www.fbi.gov/philadelphia/pres...e-fraud-scheme