Legal Opinion

United States v. Arthur C. Bieganowski, M.D., Richard J. Goldberg, C.P.A., Gustavo Diaz, and Jesse Jaime Lopez

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 22, 2002No. 00-50593PublishedCited by 130 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-Appellants Gustavo Diaz (Diaz), Richard J. Goldberg (Goldberg), Jesse Jaime Lopez (Lopez), and Dr. Arthur C. Bieganowski (Bieganowski) appeal their convictions and sentences for various charges arising out of a scheme to defraud medical-insurance companies, including mail fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, aiding and abetting mail fraud, and conspiracy to money launder. For the following reasons, we affirm all the appellants’ convictions and sentences.

Background

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2Cases cited78 opinions

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3Cited by130 opinions

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