Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Healthcare Executive Given Clemency by Trump

The conviction of Philip Esformes of Florida in a record-breaking Medicare fraud will be allowed to stand.

U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 8, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Supreme Court has rejected the Medicare fraud appeal of former healthcare executive Philip Esformes, whose sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump.

The prosecution involved what the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) described as the “largest health care fraud scheme ever charged” by the agency.