Health care fraud conviction reinstated after court of appeals finds the...
From the 11th judicial circuit in Miami, Florida, in U.S. v. Vernon, the defendants were convicted of health care fraud following a trial. The charges involved dispensing factor medication, a blood...
View ArticleNo Double Jeopardy violation for this Pill Mill conspiracy charge
In U.S. v. Votrobek the appellants were convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute drugs, conspiracy to launder money and substantive charges of money laundering and maintaining a place for...
View ArticleConvictions for massive federal Medicare fraud upheld
In United States v. Bergman the defendants were convicted following a jury trial of conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud, paying bribes and kickbacks in connection with a federal health...
View ArticleDouble jeopardy challenge rejected for therapists convicted of Medicare fraud
In US v Crabtree a therapist at a health care clinic in Miami was convicted along with her two therapist codefendants of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349. In this...
View ArticleSentence enhancements upheld for doctoring records after VA patient’s death
In this appeal Mathews Martinez appeals his 60 month sentence for his conviction for intentionally causing damage to a protected computer of the Department of Veterans Affairs and resulted in the...
View ArticleDefendant’s change of heart cost him his right to silence
Elbeblawy was convicted and sentenced in Miami, Florida, for conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349. His offense arose from his ownership and management of home health...
View ArticleDefendant changed his mind but about cooperating but it cost him his right to...
Khaled Elbeblawy was convicted and sentenced in Miami federal court for conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349. His offense arose from his ownership and management of...
View ArticleThe ten-or-more victim enhancement for use rejected where information only...
Corbett and Weaver worked at Florida Hospital near Orlando Florida. When Weaver held the position of release of information specialist he would download patients’ face sheets containing their name,...
View ArticleDoctor’s conviction for unlawful distribution of Oxycodone upheld
Gayden’s career as a doctor ended after law enforcement began investigating his medical practice following tips that he was prescribing excessive amounts of Oxycodone. Drug Enforcement Agents reviewed...
View ArticleEvidence found sufficient to convict defendant of conspiracy to commit...
Grow formed a company and teamed up with a compounding pharmacy called Patient Care America to market three of its compounded medications: a pain cream, a scare cream, and a metabolic vitamin. He...
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