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Federal fugitive arrested in Bangkok for allegedly defrauding Wyoming hospital of $850,000
BANGKOK - A federal fugitive was arrested in Thailand Thursday after allegedly fleeing the United States following charges of defrauding a Wyoming hospital of $850,000.
Paul David Cardwell was arrested following a tip provided to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Bangkok that Cardwell was residing in Hua Hin, Thailand. HSI Bangkok personnel traveled to Hua Hin and verified that the individual was Cardwell.
Royal Thai Tourist Police were contacted and Cardwell was arrested with the assistance of HSI Bangkok officials.
Cardwell surrendered to federal authorities March 27, 2012, and was charged with violating numerous federal fraud statutes in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne, Wyo. He was released on bond following arraignment. As part of the condition of his release, he surrendered his U.S. passport. Cardwell illegally left the United States after attempting to procure another passport under a different identity.
Officials from U.S. Embassy Bangkok's American Citizen Services will be coordinating Cardwell's return to the United States. Cardwell will be held in Thai custody until he is transported back to the U.S.
This case is being investigated by HSI, the FBI, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
Reports: Cardwell's luxurious lifestyle led to capture
The FBI updated its wanted poster for Paul Cardwell after his capture on Friday.
The FBI updated its wanted poster for Paul Cardwell after his capture on Friday.
Paul Cardwell managed to stay at large from authorities for more than nine months. But living large reportedly is what led to the former Powell Valley Healthcare CEO’s apprehension in Thailand last week.
Royal Thai Tourist Police arrested Cardwell in Hua Hin, a beach resort town, on Friday morning.
“Locals tipped off police to his location after they became suspicious about a wealthy foreigner living a life of luxury seemingly without working,” reported the Bangkok Post, an English-language daily newspaper. Cardwell, 47, reportedly had been in the country on a bogus passport.
Cardwell is wanted on U.S. charges alleging he and an accomplice stole nearly $848,000 from Powell Valley Healthcare between March and September 2011, and close to $846,000 between 2003 and 2009 from the former White County Memorial Hospital in Monticello, Ind.
Cardwell had been CEO of the Monticello hospital before coming here. Hospital officials in Indiana only learned of the scheme - which involved sending payments to a non-existent physician recruiting firm - after it was uncovered in Powell.
Prosecutors believe that, after he was fired, Cardwell went to Thailand to buy real estate with the money stolen from Powell Valley Healthcare.
The investigation into Cardwell’s time in Powell culminated in criminal charges in March 2012. Cardwell returned to the United States around that time and pleaded not guilty.
While awaiting trial, Cardwell was released on a $50,000 unsecured bond by U.S. District Court Judge Scott Skavdahl. On Aug. 28, Cardwell’s attorneys notified prosecutors they had lost contact with their client. Cardwell’s pre-trial services officer then discovered that Cardwell - who’d surrendered his passport as part of his bond conditions - had unsuccessfully tried getting a new one under his birth name of Paul Sappington. Despite not getting that passport, he somehow found a way to get out of the country.
On Aug. 29, Chief District Court Judge Nancy Freudenthal issued a warrant for Cardwell’s arrest. The search ended Friday in Hua Hin.
Photos on the websites of tabloid Thai Rath (the country’s largest newspaper) and the Independent News Network showed a fit-looking Cardwell sitting at a table surrounded by Thai police at a type of press conference.
Dave Joly, an FBI spokesman in Denver, said it may take up to a month to work through the necessary paperwork and dispatch agents to pick up and escort Cardwell back to the United States.
“(Cardwell) is not in the U.S. yet, but I’m sure that will give his victims some relief to know that this guy won’t be doing this to anybody else any time soon,” Joly said.
Cardwell has been listed as one of the FBI’s most wanted individuals in the realm of white collar crime with about 50 others.
Joly said Cardwell’s presence on the list related to the large amount of money alleged to have been stolen and a desire to publicize Cardwell’s fugitive status.
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