Judge Refuses To Vacate Man’s Fraud Sentence Over Restitution Amount

(March 18, 2020, 7:48 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A federal judge in Missouri on March 2 denied a man’s motion to vacate a 51-month prison sentence and order requiring him to pay $2.2 million in restitution after he pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud for organizing a scheme that involved the submission of bills to Medicare for medically unnecessary ankle-foot orthotics for elderly patients, holding that his counsel did not act ineffectively when negotiating the restitution amount (Donald Brian Havey v. United States, No. 17-CV-00852 JAR, E.D. Mo., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35304)....