United States v. Dupont, Jr.; United States v. Dupont, No. 11-2015 (8th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseThe district court found defendants, husband and wife, guilty of health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. On appeal, defendants claimed that the district court erred in denying their motion for acquittal because there was insufficient evidence to sustain the convictions. The court held that the district court could have inferred that defendants knowingly and willfully executed a scheme to defraud a health care program, and did so in a joint conspiracy. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
Court Description: Criminal Case - conviction. District court did not err in denying motion for judgments of acquittal, as there was sufficient evidence to sustain the convictions, specifically that they willfully intended to defraud the government.
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