United States v. Abou-Khatwa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES, v. Criminal No. 18-cr-67 (TSC) TAREK ABOU-KHATWA, Defendant. OPINION & ORDER In November 2019, a jury convicted Defendant Tarek Abou-Khatwa on 22 counts related to a sophisticated and deliberate health insurance fraud scheme that he orchestrated as the head of an insurance-brokerage firm. See United States v. Abou-Khatwa, 40 F.4th 666, 671, 673–74, 674 n.3 (D.C. Cir. 2022). Although the court granted Abou-Khatwa’s repeated requests to postpone his sentencing and then his self-surrender, Abou-Khatwa was sentenced to 70…