Sometime between discussing pal Dennis Rodman and faking an illness to get to the Heat game, Sean Healy was read a list of 49 names at his April 7, 2009, deposition. One of those names was Alfred Madeira, the Pennsylvania chiropractor whom Healy befriended and stole upward of $14 million from in a half-baked Ponzi scheme. Healy denied that he'd heard of nearly every name on the list of people -- the very people who had unwittingly funded his scam. Although this week's feature focuses on Madeira's losses, more than 40 other people lost big when they bet on Healy.
One name Healy denied knowing belongs to a recently single mother of two, who spoke at his March 31 sentencing:
"Over the past several years, I've undergone treatment for various
illnesses, pre-cancer and skin cancer," she said. "I have had
operations to remove this cancer, and I need continual ongoing
treatment to prevent this cancer from resurfacing. However, I can no
longer afford health insurance, which means I am without the means to
continue my treatment and pay for the expenses associated with these
treatments.
"Will this affect my quality of life and my health
and will it affect the time I spend with my children? All these factors
are now unknown and have created much anxiety for me and my family
because of the dishonest, corrupt, and selfish acts of one individual,
Mr. Healy, and the people who believed in him."
Another single
mother spoke about the two jobs she has worked for the past ten years to
try to finance college for her two teenagers. In February 2008, her
biological father passed away.
"Growing up, I did not have a
relationship with [my father], and in my heart, I feel that leaving me
his estate was his way of making up for many, many years that we did
not have a relationship," the 43-year-old woman said.
Her
father's estate was handled by Ahrens Law Firm -- one of Healy's key
victims. She lost $400,000. "I continually lose sleep over all of
this," she said. "I do not trust in people as I once did."
