United States v. Nachamie

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

On May 9, 2000, following a lengthy jury trial, defendants Ghanshyam Kalani, Kenneth Schrager and Donna Vining (the “defendants”) were convicted of one count of participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1347 and 2, one count of making false statements in matters involving the Medicare program, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1035 and 2, and five counts of submitting false claims to Medicare, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)(5) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. In anticipation of their upcoming sentences, the Probation…