United States Fourth Circuit

Conviction and sentencing of defendant for healthcare fraud, 18 U.S.C. section 1347, and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, 18 U.S.C. section 1956, are upheld where petition for collateral review based on merger of crimes fails because the laundering of proceeds from the healthcare fraud involved transactions distinct from and subsequent to the transactions involved in the healthcare fraud itself.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/07/2011
• Published 03/07/2011

Judges

• NIEMEYER

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel