4th Circuit Affirms Man’s Sentence, Finds Fraudulent Scheme Resulted In Deaths

Mealey's (June 12, 2017, 11:04 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 9 affirmed a man’s convictions and 10-year sentence for health care fraud resulting in death, holding that a fraudulent health care scheme that involved untrained X-ray technicians reading radiology results caused the death of two patients (United States of America v. Rafael Chikvashvili, No. 16-4393, 4th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 10292)....