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Rufai Olalekan

 

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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Innocence Proved By:

"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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Male

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Information Source 1:

"USA v. Olalekan Rufai, No. 12-6034 (10th Cir. 10-15-2013)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/12/12-6034.pdf

Information Source 2:

"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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