Scientology OT’s Jeffrey and Jim Spina have been charged with felonies along with two other Scientologists
According to a US Dept of Justice Press Release of August 30, 2018 Scientologists James Spina, Jeffrey Spina, Andrea Grossman, and Kimberly Spina have been charged with “participating in a widespread health care fraud scheme through their fraudulent operation of Dolson Avenue Medical (“DAM” or the “Practice”), a multi-disciplinary medical clinic located in Middletown, New York.” The Spina brothers are chiropractors and used their practice to engage in the alleged fraud with their accomplices.
The US DoJ press release adds, “The defendants were all arrested today, and presented in federal district court in White Plains. This case has been assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth M. Karas.” These Scientologists were arrested, booked, and processed. The Times-Herald Record Online reported on bail conditions for the defendants:
The Spina brothers hid behind a facade of being upstanding philanthropists involved in their communities. They also participated in Scientology’s phony front group Drug Free World.
As the US DoJ press released noted, a co-conspirator in this case named Dr. Charles Bagley has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS & INFORMATION
US Department of Justice Press Release on the US vs Spina et al: Note: Hover your cursor over the document to invoke the page up/page down controls at the bottom of the page frame:
Indictment in US vs. James Spina, Jeffrey Spina, Andrea Grossman, and Kimberly Spina. Note: Hover your cursor over the document to invoke the page up/page down controls at the bottom of the page frame:
Data on the Spina brothers decades-long participation in Scientology from Kirsti Wachter’s website The Truth About Scientology.
Jeffrey Spina in Scientology’s Published Service Completion Lists:
The following 36 individual completions for Jeff Spina appear in official Scientology publications:
| Jeff Spina | STATE OF CLEAR | Source 72 | 1990-09-01 |
| Jeff Spina | SUNSHINE RUNDOWN | Source 72 | 1990-09-01 |
| Jeff Spina | L 11 NEW LIFE RUNDOWN | Source 73 | 1990-11-01 |
| Jeff Spina | L 12 FLAG OT EXECUTIVE RUNDOWN | Source 74 | 1991-02-01 |
| Jeff Spina | OT PREPARATIONS | Source 76 | 1991-09-01 |
| Jeff Spina | L 10 RUNDOWN | Source 76 | 1991-09-01 |
| Jeff A. Spina | METHOD ONE WORD CLEARING | Source 76 | 1991-09-01 |
| Jeff Spina | HUBBARD QUALIFIED SCIENTOLOGIST COURSE | Source 76 | 1991-09-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | HUBBARD KEY TO LIFE COURSE | Source 78 | 1991-12-01 |
| Jeff Spina | FALSE PURPOSE RUNDOWN AUDITING | Source 79 | 1992-03-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | THE STUDENT HAT COURSE | Source 79 | 1992-03-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | LIFE ORIENTATION COURSE | Source 79 | 1992-03-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | NEW HUBBARD PROFESSIONAL TR COURSE | Source 80 | 1992-05-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | HUBBARD PROFESSIONAL UPPER INDOC TRS COURSE | Source 81 | 1992-06-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | NEW HUBBARD SOLO AUDITOR COURSE, PART ONE | Source 93 | 1994-08-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | OT PREPARATIONS | Source 93 | 1994-08-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | NEW HUBBARD SOLO AUDITOR COURSE, PART TWO | Source 93 | 1994-08-01 |
| Jeff Spina | ELIGIBILITY FOR ISSUE OF OT LEVELS CHECK | Source 93 | 1994-08-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | NEW OT I | Source 93 | 1994-08-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | METHOD ONE WORD CLEARING | Source 93 | 1994-08-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | OT II | Source 94 | 1994-10-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | OT III | Source 94 | 1994-10-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | NEW OT IV OT DRUG RUNDOWN | Source 94 | 1994-10-01 |
| Jeff Spina | NEW OT V AUDITED NOTS | Source 101 | 1996-07-01 |
| Jeffrey Spina | RESPONSIBILITY AND THE STATE OF OT | Freewinds 21 | 1996-12-01 |
| Jeffrey Spina | OT DEBUG SERVICE | Freewinds 21 | 1996-12-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | STUDY CERTAINTY COURSE | Source 113 | 1998-01-01 |
| Jeffrey Spina | STATE OF MAN CONGRESS COURSE | Freewinds 32 | 1999-04-01 |
| Jeffrey Spina | ABILITY CONGRESS | Freewinds 37 | 2000-03-01 |
| Jeff Spina | FALSE PURPOSE RUNDOWN SECOND DYNAMIC | Source 130 | 2000-07-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | SCIENTOLOGY ETHICS SPECIALIST COURSE | Source 145 | 2003-04-01 |
| Jeffrey Spina | LONDON CONGRESS ON DISSEMINATION & HELP COURSE | Freewinds 61 | 2006-01-01 |
| Jeffrey A. Spina | PURIFICATION RUNDOWN PROCEDURE | Source 176 | 2006-03-01 |
| Jeff Spina | THE PROBLEMS OF WORK COURSE | Freewinds 78 | 2010-05-01 |
| Jeffrey Spina | THE WAY TO HAPPINESS COURSE | Freewinds 84 | 2011-05-01 |
| Jeff Spina | PURIFICATION RUNDOWN® | Source 245 | 2017-03-01 |
Note: The dates listed above are the approximate publication dates of the magazines, which may be weeks or months later than the actual date the service was completed.
Jim Spina in Scientology’s Published Service Completion Lists.
The following 31 individual completions for Jim Spina appear in official Scientology publications:
| Jim Spina | STATE OF CLEAR | Source 69 | 1989-12-01 |
| Jim Spina | SUNSHINE RUNDOWN | Source 69 | 1989-12-01 |
| Jim Spina | L 11 NEW LIFE RUNDOWN | Source 71 | 1990-04-01 |
| Jim Spina | L 11 RUNDOWN EXPANDED | Source 71 | 1990-04-01 |
| Jim Spina | L 10 RUNDOWN | Source 74 | 1991-02-01 |
| Jim Spina | L 12 FLAG OT EXECUTIVE RUNDOWN | Source 74 | 1991-02-01 |
| Jim Spina | HUBBARD KEY TO LIFE COURSE | Source 78 | 1991-12-01 |
| Jim Spina | LIFE ORIENTATION COURSE | Source 79 | 1992-03-01 |
| Jim Spina | THE STUDENT HAT COURSE | Source 80 | 1992-05-01 |
| Jim Spina | GRADE 0 | Source 81 | 1992-06-01 |
| Jim Spina | NEW HUBBARD PROFESSIONAL TRS COURSE | Source 81 | 1992-06-01 |
| Jim Spina | FALSE PURPOSE RUNDOWN AUDITING | Source 87 | 1993-06-01 |
| Jim Spina | DYNAMIC SORT-OUT ASSESSMENT | Source 87 | 1993-06-01 |
| Jim Spina | OT PREPARATIONS | Source 91 | 1994-02-01 |
| Jim Spina | NEW HUBBARD SOLO AUDITOR COURSE, PART ONE | Source 92 | 1994-05-01 |
| Jim Spina | NEW HUBBARD SOLO AUDITOR COURSE, PART TWO | Source 93 | 1994-08-01 |
| Jim Spina | ELIGIBILITY FOR ISSUE OF OT LEVELS CHECK | Source 93 | 1994-08-01 |
| Jim Spina | NEW OT I | Source 93 | 1994-08-01 |
| Jim Spina | OT II | Source 93 | 1994-08-01 |
| Jim Spina | OT III | Source 94 | 1994-10-01 |
| Jim Spina | NEW OT IV OT DRUG RUNDOWN | Source 94 | 1994-10-01 |
| Jim Spina | NEW OT VI | Source 95 | 1995-02-01 |
| Jim Spina | SOLO NOTS AUDITOR CERTAINTY COURSE, PART I | Source 104 | 1997-01-01 |
| Jim Spina | SOLO NOTS AUDITOR CERTAINTY COURSE, PART II | Source 111 | 1997-11-01 |
| Jim Spina | HUBBARD DIANETICS SEMINAR | Source 128 | 2000-01-01 |
| Jim Spina | STUDY CERTAINTY COURSE | Source 129 | 2000-05-01 |
| Jim Spina | NEW OT VII | Source 139 | 2002-09-01 |
| Jim Spina | PURIFICATION RUNDOWN IN CHARGE COURSE | Source 139 | 2002-09-01 |
| Jim Spina | NEW OT VIII | Freewinds 47 | 2002-09-01 |
| Jim Spina | TIME TRACK OF THETA COURSE | Freewinds 47 | 2002-09-01 |
| Jim Spina | Doc Roland | Source 200 | 2008-08-01 |
Note: The dates listed above are the approximate publication dates of the magazines, which may be weeks or months later than the actual date the service was completed.
Categories: The Scientology Money Project
WOW!
Great work as always, Jeffrey!
What’s clear is that there is a nexus of fraud around WISE healthcare-related enterprises and Narconon. This nexus is based on what would appear to be a template that details organizational, personnel, and financial structures designed to enable fraudulent Medicare billing in a way that is scalable, relatively sophisticated, and most importantly, easily repeatable.
What should worry Scn is the discovery in the various Narconon trials, the Hanan Islam trial, and now the Spina brothers indictment, will undoubtedly be able to demonstrate at a minimum, conspiracy to defraud, given the behavioral similarities among the various defendants, the deliberate targeting of public money for personal gain, and the endemic influence of Scn throughout all the criminal enterprises involved.
Significantly, it reflects a pernicious and ongoing pattern of criminality across a variety of Scn front groups. As a result, such behavior appears to be nothing more than racketeering, and a great start to a RICO indictment.
I note that the Spinas have spent time on the Freewinds; I wouldn’t be surprised if part of their time aboard was spent delivering detailed seminar instruction on Medicare fraud under the guise of “Prosperity Seminars”, in keeping with LRH’s mandate of “make money, make more money” to illicitly fund one’s “Bridge”. Ironic, in that one fraud begets another…
Thank you for your insights Dr. Wasel. It is interesting you would mention a nexus of fraud. Indeed, allegations of insurance fraud involving Scientology occurred in 2013. Specifically, the Narconon facility in Norcross, Georgia was raided on April 26, 2013 by the authorities in an insurance fraud investigation. Photo and caption from the AJC story on the Narconon raid:
The outcome of the Narconon Georgia fraud investigation as reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
“A controversial Norcross drug treatment facility with ties to the Church of Scientology will avoid any potential criminal charges after surrendering its license to the state… the state insurance commissioner and Porter launched an investigation into allegations by the mother of a former patient who said her insurer was billed $166,275 for doctor visits that never occurred and treatment that was never provided. State investigators said they had uncovered nearly $3 million in alleged insurance fraud by Narconon of Georgia.”
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Is a surprise raid with a search warrant the inevitable conclusion for certain of Scientology’s ABLE or WISE-related businesses?
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