

The largest Acquittal in Detroit in the “last 10 years”
Detroit Free Press
The case was that of Dr. Rajendra Bothra and his fellow physicians who were charged in a nearly $500 million healthcare fraud scheme. After years of litigation and over a month of trial they were acquitted on all counts.
Ron Has Secured 150 Counts of Acquittal for His Clients
Federal acquittals are increasingly rare…
Federal trial acquittals are rare. They occur in only .4% of cases, that’s 290 out of 71,000. The reason for this is that attorneys have stopped trying cases. Only 2.3% of cases proceeded to trial in FY2022. Ron’s approach is different. He thoroughly investigates each case and provides his clients a robust defense. This is why he is leading in federal criminal defense trial acquittals.
Decline in Federal Trial Rates
Unmatched Results
Kendall Hansen was acquitted by a Kentucky federal jury of drug distribution and conspiracy to distribute drugs out of his interventional pain practice. The case of the alleged pill mill was prosecuted by the ARPO strike force and is the second loss by this office against Ronald W. Chapman in recent cases.
Nursing home CEO and administrators acquitted of health care fraud charges. Brighton Nursing Home was charged with health care fraud along with its CEO and nurse administrator. The case proceeded to trial in Pittsburgh in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The individual defendants were acquitted of healthcare fraud, falsification of records and obstruction of justice.
Dr. Loey Kousa a Paintsville Kentucky Doctor was acquitted of all nine counts in a federal indictment which included drug distribution, healthcare fraud, and healthcare false statements. He was represented by healthcare fraud defense attorney Ronald W. Chapman II and Matthew Pelcowitz of the Chapman Law Group. This is the fourth healthcare fraud and opioid acquittal this year for Defense Attorney Ronald W. Chapman II.
When facing healthcare fraud charges your career, reputation and freedom is on the line. For this nationally known Rheumatologist who was facing a healthcare fraud investigation, the battle was over before it started. Cleared of all potential charges he can resume practice unimpeded by the Department of Justice.
Federal criminal defense attorney Ronald W. Chapman II secured dismissal of 20 year mandatory minimum death charges for a Georgia Doctor - Thomas Sachy. Dr. Sachy walked out of court a free man after beating charges that he unlawfully distributed drugs and ran a pill mill leading to the death of two patients.
Dr. Lesly Pompy was acquitted of unlawful distribution and $16 million in healthcare fraud after facing a federal investigation for nearly five years. Federal criminal defense attorney Ronald W. Chapman II secured victory after over a month long federal trial in the Eastern District of Michigan. This was Ron’s second back-to-back full acquittal against the US Attorney’s office in Detroit.
A Puerto Rico physician was cleared of healthcare fraud charges after prosecutors dismissed charges before trial fearing an acquittal. Ronald Chapman II and Safe Harbor Group were responsible for the victory. The client is cleared and has returned back to practice as an emergency department physician.
Detroit Federal Health Care Fraud Defense Attorney Secures Another Victory. A Detroit federal jury acquitted four physicians of allegations that they engaged in a $454 million dollar healthcare fraud and opioid scheme and conspiracy spanning six years. After six weens of testimony and just ten hours of deliberations the jury acquitted the four physicians of healthcare fraud, unlawful prescribing and conspiracy.
Mayo Clinic trained physician Joseph Oesterling was acquitted of all counts of drug trafficking for allegedly running a pill mill in Caro Michigan. He was represented by Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Ronald W. Chapman II.
Healthcare fraud and drug trafficking full acquittal secured by Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Ronald W. Chapman II. Dr. Aggarwal was accused of unlawfully prescribing the drug Suboxone at a West Virginia drug treatment clinic. He was cleared of all charges by the West Virginia Federal Jury.