Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Fraud (Health Care) |
Sentence: |
1 year and 1 day |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.85 |
Year Crime: |
2007 |
Year Convicted: |
2011 |
Year Cleared: |
2013 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Oklahoma - Federal Case |
County or Region of Crime: |
Oklahoma |
City of Crime: |
Oklahoma City |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Olakekan Rufai was wrongly convicted in 2011 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma of aiding and abetting health care fraud. He was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison. On October 15, 2013 the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Olalekan's convictions on the basis of insufficient evidence." |
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"On October 15, 2013 the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Olalekan's convictions on the basis of insufficient evidence." |
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Information Source 1: |
"USA v. Olalekan Rufai, No. 12-6034 (10th Cir. 10-15-2013)" |
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http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/12/12-6034.pdf |
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"Court overturns man's Medicare fraud conviction, By Robert E. Boczkiewicz (staff), The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), October 16, 2013" |
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http://newsok.com/court-overturns-mans-medicare-fraud-conviction/article/3894268 |
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