"We became friends about a decade ago because we discovered that we were so much alike and shared the same values and principles that govern our lives."
"…Pittsburgh dentist Alfonso A. Costa pleaded guilty to a felony count of health care fraud after an FBI probe into his oral surgery practice found he had charged for procedures he never performed, according to court records."
"At Costa's 2008 sentencing hearing, Carson described the dentist as "one my closest, if not my very closest friend...”
"We became friends about a decade ago because we discovered that we were so much alike and shared the same values and principles that govern our lives," Carson told the judge, adding that their families vacationed together and that they were involved in "joint projects."
"Next to my wife of 32 years, there is no one on this planet that I trust more than Al Costa," Carson said."
