Health Care Fraud Convictions Affirmed

In US v. Mateos, No. 08-17178, the court affirmed defendants’ convictions and sentences for conspiracy to defraud the U.S., to cause the submission of false claims, and to pay health care kickbacks, and for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, holding that 1) it was not necessary for defendant to know all the details of how the fraud worked in order for her to be guilty of the conspiracy; 2) although the district court erred in excluding a potentially exculpatory videotape, the error was harmless; and 3) the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that the prejudicial impact of the evidence of defendant’s marriage to a co-conspirator did not substantially outweigh its probative value.

 

Related Resources

  • Read the Eleventh Circuit’s Decision in US v. Mateos, No. 08-17178

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