Judge Properly Enhanced Man’s Sentence For Fraud Scheme, 5th Circuit Says

(November 28, 2018, 4:00 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Texas did not err when sentencing a law office manager convicted on one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and 30 counts of mail fraud as part of his scheme to defraud insurance companies by operating a sham chiropractic clinic to 168 months in prison, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Nov. 16, ruling that the evidence sufficiently showed that the defendant organized the plan and actively recruited individuals to participate (United States v. Earlie Dickerson, Nos. 17-20270, 17-20161, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 32520)....