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Surgeons 'took bribes' for $2.8 million hospital sales
Two spine surgeons and a Medivance director face corruption charges for secret payments linked to $2.8 million in equipment at Brisbane public hospitals, prosecutors say.
- On Thursday, spine surgeons Richard William Laherty, 53, and Dihan Taranga Aponso, 45, faced Brisbane Magistrates Court on multiple counts, with prosecutors alleging secret payments from Medivance for over $2.8 million in hospital equipment.
- Medivance director Elliott Charles Lacaze is accused of paying the surgeons to secure hospital use of the company's devices, with prosecutors charging him for corruptly giving money to Laherty and Aponso.
- Prosecutors detail alleged payment routes and concealment involving Laherty and Medivance, alleging Laherty received payments at Princess Alexandra Hospital, briefly part-owned Medivance, provided false documents to the Health Ombudsman, and some payments related to hospital hiring camera equipment used during surgery.
- Magistrate Joseph Pinder adjourned the matters to a committal mention on February 16, continued bail for the three accused, who made no comment as they left court, while a fourth charged person is due on January 28 and a warrant exists for a fifth.
- Prosecutors say the accused joined co-offenders to dishonestly gain business worth more than $661,000 and $1.767 million from Princess Alexandra Hospital and nearly $416,000 from Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, and they were among five people charged in December after a CCC and Health Ombudsman probe.
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Surgeons 'took bribes' for $2.8 million hospital sales
Two surgeons allegedly took secret payments to have public hospitals purchase or lease more than $2.8 million worth of medical equipment and surgical implants.Spine surgeons Richard William Laherty, 53, and Dihan Taranga Aponso, 45, faced Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday, each on multiple counts of misconduct in public office and official corruption.The pair were among five people charged in December following an investigation by Queenslan…
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