Law360 (May 14, 2020, 10:10 PM EDT) — A Texas federal judge denied a request for compassionate release of a Houston psychiatrist serving a 12-year prison sentence for her role in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme, ruling Thursday that the bid stems from a “generalized fear of contracting COVID-19” while lacking any “extraordinary and compelling reason.”
U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. denied the request for the compassionate release of Sharon Iglehart, whom a jury convicted in 2015 of charges related to health care fraud for her part in a yearslong scheme involving phony Medicare and Medicaid claims for mental health treatment. The judge found the bid fails to present evidence that Iglehart has a medical condition that renders her immunocompromised.
Source: No Early Exit For $158M Medicare Fraudster Amid COVID-19 / Law360