United States v. Mansour Sanjar

GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge:

The reason Willie Sutton once gave for robbing banks is true of Medicare today: that’s where the money is. So it is not surprising that we consider another case alleging a scheme to defraud the multibil-lion dollar government program. A jury convicted the six defendants of that fraud as well as paying and receiving kickbacks for referrals. Their appeal alleges defects throughout the investigation and prosecution of the case, beginning with the search of the medical office, running through the trial, and ending with the financial obligations imposed as part of their…