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United States v. Ebolose Eghobor

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 3, 2015No. 14-11354PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:

In May 2014, a jury convicted Defendant-Appellant Ebolose Eghobor of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. We AFFIRM.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2007, Ebolose “Fred” Eghobor, a registered nurse, began working as the di rector of nursing at PTM Healthcare Services (“PTM”), a Dallas-area home health agency. Eghobor reported directly to PTM’s owner, Ferguson Ikhile. As the director of nursing, Eghobor controlled, inter alia, which patients to admit for home health care.

Home health care is a form of…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Puckett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  3. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Henderson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  5. United States v. DelgadoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012

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3Cited by24 opinions

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  3. United States v. Pramela GanjiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018
  4. United States v. Kim RicardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
  5. United States v. Frankie SandersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020

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