3rd Circuit Finds Scam Leader’s Sentence Properly Enhanced For Targeting Seniors

Mealey's (April 24, 2020, 9:54 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 22 affirmed a man’s 50-month sentence for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, finding that a federal judge in New Jersey did not err when enhancing the defendant’s sentence because the scheme targeted elderly patients and used a charitable organization as a pretense and because he was a leader of the plan (United States v. Seth Rehfuss, No. 19-2166, 3rd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 12915)....