I had been to John Yeh and his warmly-embraced family's residence in Potomac, Maryland many years ago. I knew their children before they grew up attending the Gallaudet University. John and his American wife regularly interacted with the deaf community at large, ex. social gatherings for the deaf.
John Yeh donated his hardworking multi-million dollars to the Gallaudet University while he served on the Gallaudet University board of trustees for many years. Yeh had done so much for
the deaf community at large in many ways from his finanical generosity for the creation of the Deaf Nation magazine and other deaf events.
John Yeh always have been a responsible and cautitious businessperson. Yeh always have been a main supporter of the Asian Pacific Association of the Deaf. Mr. Yeh also have been real patriotic within himself feeling for the U.S. armed forces by opening his heart and hosptiality
for numerous armed forces members whose happened to know the American Sign Language.
That really upset me to see some deaf individuals eager to kick someone within the falling status down from leaving several comments on my blog posting -
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Why the FBI Looked Into Viable's Rate Billing Trai...": Actually, Robert, if you read the criminal complaint against the Miami call center, it makes it clear that interpreters also accused Viable's Rockville call center of running up calls as well.From what I heard, CAC has stopped payment to Viable pending this investigation and many Viable employees have not been paid this past month. Viable has also started to lay off some eomployees.My concern is that Viable was poorly run because they did not have enough money to cover their employees' salaries when CAC stopped payment. Viable has been in business for three years and did not ave the common sense to save up money for even ONE MONTH of payments to its employees?!The Yehs should be ASHAMED!
Another comment left on my blog posting - "Why the FBI..... " -
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Why the FBI Looked Into Viable's Rate Billing Trai...": I 100% agree, management knows exactly what is happening with the minutes and how they are being counted. When contracting for the United States government there are precise restraints and restrictions and guidelines that have to be followed. This is not new information coming form Viable as we saw from the Texas location. This is not some “oops we made a mistake” this is a documented systematic fraudulent behavior that was investigated and accumulated enough evidence to freeze their assists and gain an indictment. This is such a shame for the EVERYONE, Viable management has let so so many people down. The good hearted, dedicated, brilliant minds that worked hard and gave up good jobs (most relocated to work for Viable) to the dedicated interpreters that were stuck in the middle of all this. Shame on Viable, they ruined their name, reputation and destroyed and credibility they had. Say hello to the Enron of the VRS world.
We must let the American judical catch phrase - "Innocent Until Proven Guilty"
I still stand beside John Yeh and the Viable, Inc. I will be not one of the sharks smelling blood and circling around the fallen ones. I hope that the FBI investigation will clear up John Yeh and the Viable, Inc's name in timely manner.
ASlize yours, Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog rlmdeaf@hotmail.com
