United States v. Willner, M.D., No. 12-15322 (11th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseIn these consolidated appeals, defendants challenged their convictions resulting from the first of two trials involving the same indictment and the same Medicare fraud conspiracy charges. Defendant Dr. Ward appeals her conviction resulting from the second trial. The court reversed the conviction of Dr. Abreu because no reasonable juror could find beyond a reasonable doubt that Dr. Abreu falsified patient eligibility records as alleged in the indictment. Therefore, the court vacated her sentence entered a judgment of acquittal. The court affirmed the convictions of Defendants Ayala, Morris, and Wilner.
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