Comments on: 26 Arrested for VRS Overbilling Fraud

By: Neal Golden

Neal Golden — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:56:10 +0000

I will say one thing about DHIS and Viables. I work for DHIS and the fact is Irma was the greedy pig and John Yeh is a scum of the earth. There was 30 part time interpreters who work for the company and four full time employees who was innocent of this matter. Joshua have a good heart but he wouldn’t stand up to Irma. I warn them they were going to get caught. I hope Irma get 25 years in jail. She actually told me in my face in her country they bribe people and she was good in doing that.

If we lose the FCC support in the VRS business. We only have to blame our own deaf peers who set up there own VRS business and stole money from our Federal government.

I can’t find a job on the behalf of DHIS scandal. I feel I am label by VRS company. I did my behalf to report it to the FCC.

By: Mishka Zena

Mishka Zena — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:25:45 +0000

Sorry I wasn’t able to publish the comments until now. The Internet connection where I was staying wasn’t ideal.

Recently I was informed that John Yeh was the former business advisor of DeafNation. Whether that is accurate or not, I don’t know, but it’s obvious there were more going on than I realized. You see, I was and still am not familiar with the history of DeafNation. The concerns of others regarding the reporting of DeafNation make more sense to me now.

Deaf Pixie, now that you mentioned it, I think their court date should be anytime soon. I need to check on that.

By: Deaf Pixie

Deaf Pixie — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:45:55 +0000

Any Result?

By: ProudDeafAmeriCAN

ProudDeafAmeriCAN — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:24:36 +0000

After reviewing everyone’s comments and hearing from the communities outrage on these alleged VRS abuses…I think its important to remind folks in this country everyone is Innocent until proven guilty!
While I agree these abuses should not have happened, I personally know of 3 people who were charged (simply because their name was on a piece of paper when the bill was sent in to the FCC), those 3 people which I will not name, were able to show the judge that they had no involvement with the billing aspect and should not have been indicted. Someone else pointed fingers at these 3 people to divert the attention to them. I believe these 3 people will be exonerated and the charges will be dropped. In the mean time I just wanted to remind folks to not jump the gun and remember, in this country you are innocent till proven guilty.

By: interpreter

interpreter — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:05:11 +0000

Its sad that it had to come to this but I am releived not to be used to steal from the government anymore. I am not a theif and I refuse to “drive the get away car.”

Its about time that the FCC step in and set up strict guidelines as to which kinds of calls can be processed. VRS is a fantastic service for Deaf and HOH individuals. Its unfortunate that greed has caused a gross manipulation of the system.

Its not a Deaf vs Hearing issue here. In my opinion Deaf people and Interpreters alike should not be allowed to open a “VRS company.” Its clearly a conflict of interest when either party has something to gain from owning a “VRS company.”

Its not only the administrators of these companies that should be held accountable here, I hope you realize. The Deaf “employees” that were hired to initiate these fradulent calls should also be made responsible to pay back thier “earnings” via garnishment of their SS checks monthly. Understand that they have also defrauded the government by double dipping the “welfare” dime. These “employees” would sit home collecting SS income and as long as they didnt earn more than SS allows for their limit to continue receiving monthly SS checks… They could then receive both thier SS checks and payment for their fraudulent “work.” The problem lies with in both “incomes” are paid from federal accounts, while the recipients have to do no more than sit home and initiate fraudulent “run-on” calls.

I did not go to school for several years to earn a degree and become a professional in my feild to serve the very community that doesnt mind USING me to steal from the government. In essence, I have been stripped of my “rose colored shades” and am happy that I can see things as they really are.

By: Deaf Traveler

Deaf Traveler — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:35:29 +0000

Out of all, I was surprised to see Benjamin Pena out of Scottsdale is one of them. He is charged for pocketing $1.5 million. He is the owner of DeafCruise.com. Would it be safe doing business with him after all?

By: deafie

deafie — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:04:09 +0000

Gina- I hate to break it to you but even the MVP is technologically superior to the vp200 (and more advanced than that – Think Vpad). If sorenson controlled the market, they would essentially control the advancement of videophone technology in the deaf community. So, these companies allegedly committed fraud and they also brought technological advancements that would have not been possible otherwise.

And they’re all dirty, just for the record.

By: Mishka Zena

Mishka Zena — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:34:36 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving, readers

I have very limited access to a computer now. I have the converted pdf form that I can install in my blog, but the limited access makes it difficult for me to create a new post.

I am also unable to answer each comment individually, too, for the same reason. But I still can approve comments, so feel free to comment and answer each other’s questions, if possible.

Enjoy the holidays with your beloved family and friends.

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uberVU - social comments — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:06:44 +0000

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By: moebius

moebius — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:13:52 +0000

I was just wondering if anyone knows the name of the woman in the beret that was led away in handcuffs in the CBS video?