United States v. Cheryl Peterson

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Each of the appellants was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, see 18 U.S.C. § 371, at least four counts of filing, or causing to be filed, false Medicare claims, see 18 U.S.C. § 287, see also 18 U.S.C. § 2(a), and one count of mail fraud, see 18 U.S.C. § 1341. They now appeal. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. 1

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The conduct leading to the indictment arose out of the defendants’ employment with American X-Rays, Inc., which provided mobile X-ray services to nursing home patients in a number of…