United States v. McGill

MEMORANDUM

EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge

Before the Court is Defendant McGill’s motion to plead nolo contendere or make an Alford plea as to Count One of the indictment charging conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1349. For the reasons that follow, the Court will reject the proffer of such plea.

I. BACKGROUND

On March 21, 2012, Defendant Patricia McGill was charged by indictment with conspiring to commit healthcare fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349 (Count One) and substantive counts of healthcare fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1347 (Counts Two through Fourteen) in…