Judge Refuses To Modify Health Care Fraud Defendant’s 14-Year Sentence

Mealey's (January 21, 2021, 8:38 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Jan. 7 refused to modify the 14-year prison sentence of a man who pleaded guilty to submitting fraudulent claims to insurers and then organizing a drug trafficking operation involving the distribution of opioids, finding that he still presents “a danger to the community” and because he has served only 43 months of his sentence....