A Virginia federal jury acquitted a dermatologist of more than 40 counts of health care fraud Monday, knocking down allegations the doctor intentionally misdiagnosed skin cancer and then billed Medicare and other insurance providers for unnecessary treatments. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Former NFL player and police officer Titus Dixon was vindicated on Saturday when a Florida federal jury found him not guilty of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in a tax fraud scheme. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Chicago doctor became the fourth former Sacred Heart Hospital employee to be convicted for his role in a multifaceted Medicare fraud scheme after an Illinois federal jury found him guilty Friday of accepting kickbacks for referring patients to the hospital. Law360: acquitted

The two ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executives facing charges left over from last year’s jury trial each defeated 15 more felony counts Friday, further diminishing the once-massive criminal fraud conspiracy case in the run-up to a much narrower trial — if there will be one at all. Law360: acquitted

The federal government told a New York federal court Thursday that former Bryan Cave LLP attorney Harvey Newkirk doesn’t deserve a retrial or reversal of his wire fraud conviction in connection with a failed bid to acquire Maxim magazine, saying “overwhelming evidence” proves he actively participated in the scheme. Law360: acquitted

A federal jury Monday found a Philadelphia hospice nurse guilty of health care fraud for participating in a $ 14.3 million scheme to bill Medicare for bogus care, but acquitted her on the majority of the charges including one for conspiracy. Law360: acquitted

Former Bryan Cave LLP attorney Harvey Newkirk asked a New York federal judge Thursday to grant a retrial or reverse his criminal wire fraud conviction in connection with a failed bid to acquire Maxim magazine, arguing there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction. Law360: acquitted

No-fault automobile insurance fraud racketeer and stock boiler room ringleader Mikhail Zemlyansky was sentenced by a New York federal judge on Thursday to 15 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $ 29.6 million after a lengthy and often bitter hearing in which his defense counsel only grudgingly conceded his client’s guilt. Law360: acquitted

Law360, Chicago (January 19, 2016, 8:21 PM ET) — A Chicago jury on Tuesday acquitted a former bank CEO on all counts following a weeklong bank fraud trial, rejecting prosecutors’ claim that he orchestrated a mortgage fraud scheme to help a business associate get cash to pay him thousands of dollars in late rent.