Gossman
United States v. Gossman
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*34 MEMORANDUM **
Stephen Gossman appeals his conviction and sentence following a jury trial for seven counts of health care fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1347 , and ten counts of money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956 . He was sentenced to 46 months in prison and three years of supervised release on each count, to run concurrently. He was also assessed $100 per count, fined $315,000, and ordered to pay $116,282 in restitution. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm Gossman’s conviction.
1. The district court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to allow Gossman to adduce evidence that Medi-Cal failed to comply with its own rules when it accepted and relied upon information he provided on the Medi-Cal application of his grandmother, Rose Dryshel. Gossman signed an Authorized Representative form in August 1998. Furthermore, beginning in 1994, Gossman signed a number of DHS 7068 forms, which state: “You have accepted responsibility to act on behalf of the Medi-Cal applicant/beneficiary.” He also participated in a face-to-face interview with Medi-Cal representatives to verify Rose’s Statement of Facts. Given Gossman’s representations…