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UPDATED: VRS Case Court Dates:

John Yeh, Joseph Yeh:  November 30, 2011 at 9:30am (DONE)
Rubeck, Frankel:           January 31, 2012 at 10am (DONE)
Mowl, Tropp:                 December 14, 2011 at 10am (DONE)
Hawkins, L.Berke:         December 19, 2011 at 10am (DONE)
D. Berke, Goetz, Simmons:     January 19, 2012 at 10am (DONE)
Azrelyant, Finkle, Strusa:        January 30, 2012 at 10am (DONE)
Pena:                                      January 31, 2012 at 9:30am (DONE)
Zfati, Iskandarova, Holovkin:  February 23, 2012 at 10am (DONE)
Buscaron, Fernandez:             February 28, 2012 at 10am (DONE)
Velasquez Verson, Thompson:   June 5, 2012 at 10am

**All information and results will be available ASAP**

(Credit to clercjr.wordpress.com for the information)

UPDATE VRS FRAUD CASE UPDATES: (Credits to clercjr.wordpress.com)

Sentencing has been indefinitely postponed for many defendants until the court receives the PSR (Pre-Sentencing Report) from Pre-Trial Services. Then the court will set dates. Affected defendants:

Buscaron, Fernandez, Hutchinson, Bacallao, Azrelyant, Finkle, Zfati, Strusa, Iskandarova, Holovkin, Pena, Rubeck, Frankel.

Previously, most defendants had a scheduled sentencing date. This came up just yesterday. Additionally, prosecutor Robert A. Zink withdrew from several cases (but stayed on for others). Could something big be going on? One wonders — we’ll probably find out at some point.

Also, a commenter requested I post a copy of the original indictment for every VRS case in the interests of full disclosure — not a problem since they are public court documents. It’s how a court case officially begins and is usually the first document and docket report entry for every case.

The indictment is a legal document outlying the U.S. government’s allegations of specific wrongdoings against specific defendants, and approved by a federal grand jury — the approval is called a “true bill”. (If the grand jury rejected the government’s evidence, they would “no bill” it and the indictment is dead.)

Case number 3:09-cr-00810-JAP indictment against ICSD defendants Yosbel Buscaron, Lazaro Fernandez, Wanda Hutchinson, Jessica Bacallao, and Kathleen Valle. Indictment:vrs-buscaron-indictment

Case number 3:09-cr-00811-JAP indictment against DHIS defendants Irma Azrelyant, Joshua Finkle, Nathan Zfati, Oksana Strusa, Alfia Iskandarova, and Hennadii Holovkin. Indictment: vrs-azrelyant-indictment

Case number 3:09-cr-00856-JAP indictment against Viable defendants John T.C. Yeh, Joseph Yeh, Anthony Mowl, Donald Tropp, and Viable Communications, Inc. Indictment:vrs-yeh-indictment

Case number 3:09-cr-00857-JAP indictment against Master Communications/KL Communications/Mascom LLC defendants Kim E. Hawkins, Larry Berke, Dary Berke, Lisa Goetz, and David Simmons. Indictment: vrs-hawkins-indictment

Case number 3:09-cr-00858-JAP indictment against Viable consultant/subcontractor defendants Benjamin Pena, Robert Z. Rubeck, and Tamara Frankel. Indictment: vrs-pena-indictment

Case number 3:09-cr-00859-JAP indictment against Deaf Studio 29 defendants Marc Velasquez Verson, Ellen Thompson, and Doris Martinez. Indictment: vrs-velasquez-indictment

Case number 3:11-cr-00861-JAP indictment against Bonheyo & Bonheyo, LLC defendants Bridget Bonheyo and Jerome Bonheyo. Indictment: vrs-bonheyo-indictment

 

 

The indictments charge owners and employees of the following seven companies with engaging in a scheme to defraud the FCC’s VRS program:

Viable Communications Inc., of Rockville, Maryland;
Master Communications LLC, of Las Vegas;
KL Communications LLC, of Phoenix;
Mascom LLC of Austin, Texas;
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Interpreting Services Inc. (DHIS), of New York and New Jersey;
Innovative Communication Services for the Deaf Corp. (ICSD), of Miami Lakes, Florida.; and
Deaf Studio 29 of Huntington Beach, California

DHIS co-owners Irma Azrelyant, 47, of Basking Ridge, N.J., and Joshua Finkle, 41, of New York; DHIS video interpreter Natan Zfati, 31, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; DHIS bookkeeper Oksana Strusa, 35, of Jersey City, N.J.; DHIS video interpreter Alfia Iskandarova, 29, of Brooklyn; and DHIS video interpreter Hennadii Holovkin, 36, of Philadelphia; have been charged in a six-count indictment with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and to submit false claims; submitting false claims; conspiracy to commit mail fraud; and mail fraud.

These are the records we requested from the court and you may download them in PDF.

Montgomery County Court Public Records
- John Yeah Case 060100200592010
- John Yeh Case 122089R
- John Yeh Case 343720V
- John Yeh Case 1122089R
- John Yeh Case 060100185062010
- John Yeh Case 110100017002010
- John Yeh Case 6D00266314 - Arrest Bail Bond

Camden County Court Public Records
- US District Judge Order for Trial

U.S. Department of Justice
- John Yeh Plea Agreement
- John Yeh Released from Jail Order

Videos:
 John TC Yeh makes official vLog announcement he admit the VRS Fraud
Viable Headquarters Meeting and Staff Meeting Video
Viable plead not guilty
Message from President/Founder of Viable, Inc  John Yeh

Images
- John Yeh Released from Jail Photo

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Archives News about Viable:
OWNER AND A FORMER EXECUTIVE OF INDICTED VIDEO RELAY - Nov 19, 2009
Feds Crack Down on Call Center Scheme - CBS Evening News - CBS - Nov 19, 2009
NewsWatch: Viable executives charged in federal indictments - Nov 20, 2009
 Fraud charges may nix Viable deal - Nov 27, 2009
 Viable executives arraigned  - Dec 18, 2009
 Deaf Md. entrepreneur John Yeh charged in fraud probe - Jan 5, 2010
2 former officials of Rockville firm plead guilty to conspiracy - Jan 13, 2010
Two plead guilty to fraud in deaf services case  - Jan 15, 2010
 More guilty pleas in deaf-services case  - May 8, 2010
 More guilty pleas entered in Rockville deaf-services case - May 12, 2010
 Yeh brothers fraud trial delayed until fall - June 18, 2010
 Ex-workers' suit against deaf services company pending - June 25, 2010
 Sentencing of Rockville deaf-services executives pushed to June - Feb 25, 2011