WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury yesterday convicted Simon Katz of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with a scheme to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and falsify medical records. The jury's verdict follows a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge James Donato.
According to evidence presented at the trial, Katz conspired with his wife, the former CEO of HealthNow Home Healthcare, a home health agency based in Hayward, California, and two former agency employees to commit health care fraud. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Katz, 43, currently of B...