Legal Opinion
United States v. Awad
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2009No. 06-50578PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Dr. Aziz F. Awad stands convicted of 24 counts of participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare under 18 U.S.C. § 1347 and four counts of money laundering involving the proceeds of health care fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(A). He alleges four errors that we address here: (1) omission of the word “willfully” from the portion of the indictment alleging violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1347; (2) a multiplicitous indictment; (3) jury instructions stating that the jury need not find that Defendant knew his conduct was unlawful; and (4) application of a…
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