Judge Refuses To Reconsider Denial Of Fraud Defendant’s Sentence Reduction Request

Mealey's (April 20, 2021, 4:26 PM EDT) -- AIKEN, S.C. — A federal judge in South Carolina on April 19 refused to reconsider a ruling that the reduction of a 60-month prison sentence against a man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in an insurance fraud scheme was unnecessary, finding that he was rehashing arguments from this third motion for compassionate release in which he claimed that his medical conditions were extraordinary and compelling reasons for compassionate release in light of the COVID-19 pandemic....