United States v. Wheeler

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, District Judge.

On July 13, 2012, after an eight-day trial, a jury convicted Jacqueline L. Wheeler of one count of health care fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1347 (Count 1), and thirty-four counts of false statements relating to health care matters, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1035 (Counts 2 through 35). 1 The convictions were based on bills that she had submitted to the District of Columbia Medicaid program for payment for services which she claimed to have provided to D.C. Medicaid beneficiaries between January 2006 through April 2008.…