Insurance Fraud Defendant Given Compassionate Release Due To COVID-19 Pandemic

Mealey's (April 6, 2020, 1:45 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on April 2 ruled that a 65-year-old man who has already served just over three years of a six-year prison sentence for his role in an insurance fraud scheme can serve the remainder of his prison term in his home with his wife, finding that his age and underlying medical conditions, which include end-stage liver disease and diabetes, warrant compassionate release in light of the COVID-19 pandemic (United States v. Mark Resnick, No. 12-cr-00152-CM, S.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59091)....