Fraud Defendant’s Motion To Convert Sentence To Home Confinement Denied

Mealey's (June 1, 2020, 1:31 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge in New Jersey on May 29 denied a health care fraud defendant’s motion to convert the remainder of his 50-month prison sentence to home confinement and probation in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic, ruling that the defendant’s medical history of obesity and hypertension does not put him at a higher risk of contracting the virus and that his role in the $3.5 million fraudulent billing scheme does not support his release from prison (United States v. Brian Catanzarite, No. 18-0362, D. N.J., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94478)....