U.S. v. AKPAN

No. 03-20875.

407 F.3d 360 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernest Nda AKPAN; Chijioke Victor Okoro, M.D., also known as Victor Okoro, also known as Chiji V. Okoro, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine L. Haden (argued), James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for U.S.

Robert James Fickman (argued), Houston, TX, for Akpan.

Timothy Allison Meche (argued), New Orleans, LA, for Okoro.

Before WIENER and PRADO, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Ernest Nda Akpan appeals his conviction and sentence after a jury trial for mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. Defendant-Appellant Chijioke Victor Okoro appeals his conviction and sentence after a jury trial for fifteen counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, three counts of filing false tax returns in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1), and seven counts of healthcare fraud in violation...

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