In the matter of USA v. Marie Neba a criminal prosecution within the fifth circuit court of appeals for Texas. The parties being the plaintiff (appellee) United States of America v. the defendant (appellant) Marie Neba this case is regarding a terminally ill Surgarland, Texas mother of twins who is charged and convicted of defrauding the government of $13million dollars for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme. Ms. Neba was owner along with her husband of a Houston home healthcare agency. She received a conviction of 75 years in prison after her two week trial last November. Neba is currently suffering from stage IV breast cancer that has spread to her bones. This case is still an ongoing lawsuit being argued in front of the fifth circuit court of appeals.
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This could be in part because Ms. Naeb was filing fraudulent claims for an extended period of time. And the amount of fraud despite being a lot less was also paying out kickbacks to others who would refer home health patients and really put herself in more trouble was when she was overheard telling another “co-defendant to stick to her story” this was considered to be an attempt to obstruct justice. This may have worked against Ms. Neba to be unfavorably seen by the judge overseeing the case and influence of a longer prison sentence towards her. Now in Ms. Neba’s case for an alternative means of resolution a settlement could be made if she repay at least $4.5 million dollars. As the fraud amount was a lot less than the amount that Dr. Ghanji or Ezukanma were accused. A settlement could be reached for this amount or repayment mentioned above with a reduced prison sentence. Bearing in mind that Ms. Neba was not a physician unlike the other two individuals and co-defendants in the other two cases mentioned