1st Circuit Panel Affirms Doctor’s Health Care Fraud Conviction

Mealey's (February 24, 2020, 11:38 AM EST) -- BOSTON — A First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Feb. 20 upheld a doctor’s conviction on charges of making false statements in connection with health care benefits programs and conspiracy to make false statements, finding that a federal judge in Massachusetts did not err when denying the defendant’s motion to suppress e-mails that were obtained through a search warrant and when instructing the jury about a missing witness (United States v. Mousfafa Moataz Aboshady, No. 19-1232, 1st Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 5198)....