UNITED STATES v. BETRO

Nos. 22-1106/1107/1465/1568.

115 F.4th 429 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph BETRO (22-1106); Mohammed Zahoor (22-1107); Tariq Omar (22-1465); Spilios Pappas (22-1568), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 14, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Edward Bajoka, BAJOKA LAW GROUP PLLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant in 22-1106. Faisal Gill, GILL LAW FIRM, Washington, D.C., for Appellant in 22-1107. Kyle Singhal, HOPWOOD & SINGHAL PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant in 22-1465. Ronald W. Chapman, II, CHAPMAN LAW GROUP, Troy, Michigan, for Appellant in 22-1568. Daniel N. Lerman, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Edward Bajoka, BAJOKA LAW GROUP PLLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant in 22-1106. Faisal Gill, GILL LAW FIRM, Washington, D.C., for Appellant in 22-1107. Kyle Singhal, Shon Hopwood, HOPWOOD & SINGHAL PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant in 22-1465. Ronald W. Chapman, II, CHAPMAN LAW GROUP, Troy, Michigan, for Appellant in 22-1568. Daniel N. Lerman, Jeremy R. Sanders, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

NALBANDIAN, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which MURPHY, J., joined in full, and WHITE, J., joined in all but Section II.D. WHITE, J. (pp. 457-60), delivered a separate concurring opinion.


OPINION

Joseph Betro, Mohammed Zahoor, Tariq Omar, and Spilios Pappas conspired to defraud Medicare by giving patients medically unnecessary back injections and bribing them with opioid prescriptions. The defendants then fraudulently billed the injections through Medicare...

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