11th Circuit Upholds Couple’s Conviction For $12M Insurance Fraud Scheme

Mealey's (January 26, 2018, 10:22 AM EST) -- ATLANTA — An 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 23 refused to vacate a couple’s convictions and sentences for a $12 million insurance fraud scheme that involved their clinics overcharging Universal Health Care Insurance Co. for treatment of patients with HIV, finding that the judge did not err when admitting evidence and calculating the amount of loss sustained by the insurer (United States of America v. Gladys Fuertes, et al., No. 15-12928, 11th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 1900)....