AL representative, lobbyist, healthcare CEO arrested by FBI
Source: WSFA-TV12
Published Monday, April 2nd 2018, 11:56 am EDT
Updated Monday, April 2nd 2018, 12:26 pm EDT
By WSFA 12 News Staff
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Three men, including a current Alabama legislator, were arrested Monday in connection with a public corruption scheme.
Longtime Alabama Rep. Jack Williams, 60, former state GOP Chairman Marty Connors, 61, and Trina Healthcare CEO Ford Gilbert, 70, were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The United States Postal Inspection Service investigated the case with the assistance of the FBI.
According to the Department of Justice, Gilbert is the owner of a California company called Trina Health that operates diabetes treatment centers. The company opened three clinics in Alabama in 2014 and 2015. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama then informed Trina Health it wouldn't cover the treatments.
Gilbert is accused of coming up with a plan to push a bill through the Alabama Legislature in 2016 that would require Blue Cross to cover the treatments. He allegedly paid House Majority Leader Micky Hammon to help with the bill and hired Connors to act as a lobbyist. Hammon and Connors then allegedly recruited Williams, the chairman of the Commerce and Small Business Committee, to hold a public hearing on the bill.
Read more: http://www.wsfa.com/story/37860070/al-representative-lobbyist-healthcare-ceo-arrested-by-fbi-on-bribery-charges
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as the "chickens come home to roost" in the Alabamafication of America! 
"As way below, so above!" 
