Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward Novak
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 12, 2017No. 15-2766 & 15-2821PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
On March 25, 2015, after a seven-week trial, a jury convicted Edward Novak and Clarence Nagelvoort of knowingly and willfully causing Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, to offer and pay kickbacks to physicians in return for patient referrals, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)(2)(A) (Anti-Kickback Statute), and conspiracy to do so in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. They now challenge their convictions on a number of grounds. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the convictions.
I. BACKGROUND
On March 18, 2014, Novak and Nagelv-oort were charged with…
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