Interesting, is in this suit, The Tulare Local Health Care District has established HCCA’s, and therefore Benzeevi’s, actual legal right to move funds as Benzeevi did.

The Tulare Local Health Care District suit, as paraphrased by this Our Valley Voice reporter’s article (by Tony Maldinado), says,

“The suit also accuses the former board members of breaching their fiduciary duties to the district when they approved a resolution that gave HCCA the power to borrow up to $22m in the district’s name, with the approval to use district property as collateral, without requiring further approval from the board.

HCCA would later sell some of the district’s property for in $3m in a leaseback deal with Celtic Leasing. The deal has come under scrutiny by the Tulare County District Attorney’s office, which claims that Benzeevi used the funds from the deal to enrich himself.”

The Tulare Local Health Care District has itself now established the lack of criminal INTENT for moving funds by Benzeevi, which the DA apparently incorrectly claims as a felony misappropriation of funds. ‘Fraid not. The Tulare Local Health Care District just established otherwise. This suit, as filed by The Tulare Local Health Care District, clearly establishes its provided permission, and thus LEGAL right as provided to HCCA, and thus as provided to Benzeevi, to move funds in a manner as performed by Benzeevi.

This professional negligence suit is apparently The Tulare Local Health Care District trying to look good, reaffirm its validity, clean house, put a new face on, yet it will be better served for it to in fact meet its mandate to place it’s community it serves first, its own Tulare Local Health Care District board members’ interest second, if placed at all, and simply move on. This in the best interests of everyone.

Better yet, the District Attorney should likewise move on and stop its harassment of Benzeevi. It’s been how long now, and yet, no criminal charge. The DA got re-elected, move on. There is and was no felony intent to defraud the Tulare Local Health Care District. TLHCD itself in written contract established Benzeevi’s legal right to move funds as he did, and it is now taking issue with its previous board members about its own internal decision and representation.

The DA in fact seems to be making it up. What’s that about?

Don’t forget the Chief Financial Officer, Alan Germany. He is as guilty as Benzeevi. I believe he is the one that moved the money around like a con artist shell game.