United States Sixth Circuit

Conviction of defendant for conspiracy to commit money laundering and multiple counts of money laundering, in connection with fraudulent claims for payment for physical therapy services provided to Medicare beneficiaries, is affirmed where: 1) the evidence at trial was sufficient to establish that the defendant committed, or conspired to commit, money laundering by conducting, or aiding and abetting another in conducting, the specified financial transactions knowing that they involved the proceeds of Medicare fraud; 2) a reasonable person would not question the judge's impartiality toward defendant because a government witness was represented by an attorney who previously represented the judge in a prior unrelated matter; and 3) district court did no abuse its discretion by refusing to require the government to provide a pretrial disclosure of its exhibit list.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/05/2010
• Decided 08/26/2010
• Published 08/26/2010

Judges

• GUY

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cheryl B. Wattley, Kevin P. Whitmore