U.S. v. HONG

No. 17-50011.

938 F.3d 1040 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Simon HONG, aka Seong Hong, aka Seong W. Hong, aka Seong Wook Hong, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton F. Gunn (argued), Kaye McLane Bednarski & Litt, Pasadena, California, for Defendant-Appellant.

Kerry Creque O'Neill (argued) and Byron McLain , Assistant United States Attorneys; Lawrence S. Middleton , Chief, Criminal Division; Nicola T. Hanna , United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Richard A. Paez and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges, and Morrison C. England, Jr., District Judge.


OPINION

Simon Hong owned and operated acupuncture and massage clinics. He provided the Medicare-eligibility information and identities of his clinics' patients to physical therapy companies. Those companies would then submit claims to Medicare seeking payments for physical therapy treatments that had not been provided...

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