U.S. v. AWAD

No. 06-50578.

551 F.3d 930 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Aziz F. AWAD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 12, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Sevilla, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant.

Douglas F. McCormick, Assistant United States Attorney, Santa Ana, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: SUSAN P. GRABER and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD C. REED, JR., District Judge.


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...

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