U.S. v. MELGEN

No. 18-10991.

967 F.3d 1250 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salomon E. MELGEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Shipley , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attorney Service — Southern District of Florida, U.S. Attorney Service — SFL, Miami, FL, Robert Benjamin Cornell , U.S. Attorney's Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John Kirk Ogrosky , Murad Hussain , Sina Mansouri , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, DC, Matthew I. Menchel , Kobre & Kim, LLP, Miami, FL, Samuel A. Stern , Stern, LLC, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before MARTIN, GRANT, and LAGOA, Circuit Judges.


Salomon Melgen, an ophthalmologist practicing in Palm Beach County, was charged in a 76-count indictment broadly alleging that he operated a multi-year scheme to defraud Medicare. At trial, the government argued that Melgen had systematically diagnosed his patients incorrectly and prescribed medically unnecessary treatments...

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