by Associated Press Published: March 22,2012
Tags: acquittal, appeal, bench, bribery, conspiracy, courts, embezzlement, executive, health, health care, hospitals, judge, judicial, judiciary, kickback, law, legal, medical, medicine, nurses, nursing, scheme, sentencing, trial
BATESVILLE — A former Mississippi hospital executive wants a federal judge to acquit him or grant a new trial in an alleged medical kickback and bribery scheme. Raymond Lamont Shoemaker of Tupelo was charged last year with receiving kickbacks for nursing services, conspiracy, embezzlement and other charges last year at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — A former aide to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) convicted in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal must spend 15 weekends in jail after getting kicked out of her halfway house for bringing in a steak knife. Ann Copland’s attorney told the judge who sentenced her yesterday that she mistakenly left the knife and a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 26,2012
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GULFPORT — The trial of a former county road manager from the Mississippi Gulf Coast and his wife has been rescheduled for May 14 in federal court in Gulfport. Roger Ladner, Hancock County’s former road manager, and his wife, Sharon, have pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing them of being involved in a kickback [...] [...]
BATESVILLE — A federal judge has rescheduled for Jan. 9 the trial of three men accused in a multi-million-dollar medical fraud scheme. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers approved the new trial date this week. The trial was scheduled for Dec. 12 in Oxford. Dr. Robert S. Corkern of Batesville [...] [...]
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