United States v. Omar

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Indadeeq Omar appeals the 72-month sentence the district court 1 imposed following her conviction by a jury for health care fraud and money laundering. We affirm.

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Omar and her husband Mohamed Essa owned and operated Global Languages and Consulting Services, Inc. (“Global”), an interpreting company based in Minnesota. Global contracted with Medica Health. Plans (“Medica”) to provide interpreter service to Medica’s public assistance insureds. Medica trained both Omar and Essa on how to submit claims to Medica.

In 1999, Tou Chaiker Vang, a Medica employee, noticed that…