ION HEALTH USA - Dr. Melvin J Duckett Takes orders for product that it never ships. Ran out on several months of office lease & didnt pay vendors thousands of dollars owed Alexandria Virginia
Ion Health USA was founded by Dr. Melvin J Duckett who was a leading U.S. urologist.
In 1998 , Dr. Duckett failed to cooperate with a Board investigation charges that Dr. Duckett was seriously padding bills, and that some of his employees, who were not physicians, were actually performing surgical procedures. Blue Cross charged him with billing for procedures that he had advertised were "free", billing for care not rendered, and other irregularities. He failed to respond to two subpoenas, This was a Consent Order which resulted in a 6 month license suspension that began on Dec. 15, 1999.
Since 1999 Dr. Duckett and son, Ryan Duckett have been moving from state to state with their "fly by night" company , ION Health USA .
The Ducketts' open up an office in a new location and hire employees under false pretenses.
The sales employees sign documentation stating that they are guaranteed a salary of roughly 30k per year plus commission . When payday rolls around Melvin and Ryan Duckett will either not pay any of the employees or pay a partial amount of the pay checks and blame the lack of funds on poor sales.
If sales are made , the money is collected from vendors but the ION Health products are never shipped .
Melvin and Ryan Duckett move out town in the middle of the night after they cheat employees out of thousands of dollars, run out on several months of rent & dont pay vendors thousands of dollars owed.
There are numerous civil and criminal complaints filed against the Ducketts in locations such as Maryland, Virginia and Florida and warrants out for their arrest . Somehow they always move out of town just in time to avoid being caught .
ION Health USA is not a real health care company and beware of offers of employment or health care products .
Richland
Herndon, Virginia
U.S.A.
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Alfred2
Boynton Beach,Florida,
U.S.A.
happy
#7UPDATE EX-employee responds
Fri, February 20, 2009
happy to see he may get caught I can be contacted at alfredjones45@gmail.com write down the email address because it will get deleted eventually. Here is some other info I found:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/47242-ty-cobbs-1925-hudson-has-survived-eight-decades-25000-for-it-today
Misty
Washington,District of Columbia,
U.S.A.
Ryan & Melvin Duckett are back in Florida!
#7UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, January 12, 2009
Ryan and Stephany made an appearance or two at the Bull Bar in Delray Beach about a month ago and apparently they are back in Boynton Beach, Fl.
Must be they have used up everything they can in Alexandria, wow that didn't take long!!! Ryan's girlfriend or fiancee (whatever) has a condo here and her mother owns 3 Miami Subs.
I will post the address so that employees can try to get back pay and creditors have an address to invoice.
Those scumbags owe me my last 2 weeks pay. They screwed alot of people here in South Florida.
My guess is they will open up shop under a new name but there are plenty of people in Florida who are looking for the Duckett's so I don't think they will last long here.
E.j.
Boynton Beach Fl,Florida,
U.S.A.
Willing to assist with information
#7UPDATE EX-employee responds
Thu, January 08, 2009
I am a former employee of this gentleman and hopefully responsible for his ending of operations in my area. This site, along with other sources, helped to expose him to me and I made sure that information got out to the people I was inadvertendtly helping him rippoff.
I worked for him in 2008 for a one month period. My name is E.J. and I can be reached at Heimdhal@gmail.com
Pattygibson
Knoxville,Tennessee,
U.S.A.
Alfred
#7UPDATE EX-employee responds
Wed, November 12, 2008
How can I contact you ? I need info
Alfred
New York,New York,
U.S.A.
more information
#7UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, July 21, 2008
Ryan is currently living at 9770 Nickels Blvd Boynton Beach, FL 33436. In either apt 45 or 405. His latest scam is custom fishing reels, which he sells under the company name of King Island Fishing. He has a phony website and has scammed several investors out of money using this fraudulent business. The website has the same mailing address of 123 N congress Ave, like his Ion Health Business. The company number on the website is a fax number, but I was able to track a home office number from his business partner and himself which is (561) 752-1499 Also located in Boynton Beach.
Alfred
New York,New York,
U.S.A.
information
#7Consumer Suggestion
Fri, June 27, 2008
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