5th Circuit Panel Upholds Convictions, Sentences In $3.5M Medicare Fraud Scheme

Mealey's (May 18, 2020, 3:55 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 15 affirmed the convictions of two participants in a $3.5 million Medicare fraud scheme stemming from the operation of a home health care services company for elderly patients, as well as the sentences of the two remaining participants, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the convictions and that the sentences were proper (United States v. Paul Emordi, et al., No. 19-10400, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 15567)....