Podiatrist’s Conviction, Sentence For Fraudulently Billing Nail Avulsions Upheld

Mealey's (January 8, 2020, 1:36 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 6 upheld a podiatrist’s 24-month prison sentence and order requiring him to pay $83,252.63 in restitution, finding that the evidence presented during a trial support the conviction and that a federal judge in Tennessee did not err when calculating the amount of loss (United States v. John J. Cauthon, No. 18-5613, 6th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 393)....