Mealey's (September 14, 2020, 12:14 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Sept. 9 denied a request for compassionate release filed by a defendant who pleaded guilty to his involvement in two health care fraud schemes, holding that the 45-year-old's alleged health conditions did not place him at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 or suffering from severe complications from the virus (United States v. Ilya Kogan, No. 16 CR 221, S.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 165653)....