4th Circuit: Judge Properly Addressed Materiality Of Couple’s Misrepresentations

Mealey's (November 1, 2017, 10:37 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 30 affirmed a federal judge in Virginia’s decisions finding a couple guilty of conspiring to commit health care fraud and denying their post-trial motions for acquittal, holding that the judge properly addressed whether misrepresentations the defendants made to insurers were material (United States of America v. Beth Palin, et al., Nos. 16-4522, 16-4540, 4th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 21596)....