9th Circuit Panel Upholds Woman’s 151-Month Sentence For Health Care Fraud

(December 21, 2016, 8:11 AM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif.  — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 14 affirmed a federal judge in California’s decision to sentence a woman convicted of health care fraud to 151 to 188 months in prison and order her to pay $8 million in restitution, finding that the woman’s crimes warranted the punishment (United States of America v. Uben Rush, No. 13-50169, 9th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 22201)....