U.S. v. HOOGENBOOM

Nos. 98-3961, 98-4139.

209 F.3d 665 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carol HOOGENBOOM, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra Riggs Bonamici (argued), Office of U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Dane A. Drobny (argued), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Dr. Carol Hoogenboom's scheme to swindle Medicare by filing bills for services she did not provide to elderly mental patients hinged on her assumption that "no one will believe a crazy lady." But the FBI did. More importantly, so did a federal judge who found Hoogenboom guilty on a bevy of charges after a week-long bench trial. In all, Hoogenboom's shenanigans led to convictions on 15 counts: 5 for mail fraud, 3 for filing false claims...

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