U.S. v. MAZKOURI

No. 18-20650.

945 F.3d 293 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Riyaz MAZKOURI, also known as Riaz Mazcuri, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED December 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul T. Crane, III, Esq. , Deepthy Kishore, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Joanna K. W. Bowman , Attorney Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division Fraud Section, Washington, DC, Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David Benjamin Gerger , Attorney, Matt Edward Hennessy, Esq. , Gerger Khalil & Hennessy, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SOUTHWICK, WILLETT, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.


A jury convicted Dr. Riaz Mazcuri for his role in a massive conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud at Riverside General Hospital. The jury also convicted him of fraudulently billing Medicare by exploiting five nursing-home residents with severe dementia. Mazcuri challenges his conviction and sentence. We affirm.<...

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