Mealey's (October 27, 2016, 11:50 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Texas did not err when sentencing the “prime mover” of a Medicare fraud scheme to 97 months in prison by applying the 2009 U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Oct. 26, holding that one of the charges against the defendant involved conduct that occurred after the guidelines amended the term “victim” to include a person whose identity was unlawfully used (United States of America v. Edgar Shakbazyan, No. 15-20426, 5th Cir.)....