United States Fourth Circuit

The District Court erred by including in defendant's fraud loss approximately $170,000 in costs billed to Medicaid by defendant for which vendors' invoices could not be located. All other aspects of defendants' convictions and sentencing for health care fraud affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/03/2003
• Published 04/03/2003

Judges

• Before TRAXLER, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Jefferson McClure Gray, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Appellants.  David Alan Brown, Office of the United States Attorney, Charlotte, NC, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  A. James Siemens, Siemens Law Office, P.A., Asheville, NC, for Appellant Clifford Bolden.  Robert J. Conrad, Jr., United States Attorney, Brian Lee Whisler, Assistant United States Attorney, Karen Elise Eady, Assistant United States Attorney, Charlotte, NC, for Appellee.