Judge Affirms Ruling Finding Conflict Between Fraud Defendant And Attorney

Mealey's (May 16, 2017, 8:37 AM EDT) -- BUFFALO, N.Y. — A federal judge in New York on May 12 upheld a magistrate judge’s decision finding that an attorney representing a man accused of health care fraud should be removed as his counsel due to a conflict of interest because the government intends to call him as a witness (United States of America v. Eugene Gosy, No. 16-cr-46-FPG, W.D. N.Y., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72989)....