Las Vegas chiropractor convicted of mail fraud
Glenn Puit
A Las Vegas chiropractor has been convicted of mail fraud in federal court in what authorities alleged was a scheme to illegally collect insurance money.
Thomas Mark Shleifer was convicted of one count of mail fraud early Thursday afternoon, according to federal authorities. Several other related counts were dismissed after a jury could not reach a decision on the charges.
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Thomas Mark Shleifer was convicted of one count of mail fraud early Thursday afternoon, according to federal authorities. Several other related counts were dismissed after a jury could not reach a decision on the charges.
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Shleifer was retried by prosecutors after a 1996 trial that resulted in a hung jury. The government claimed that in 1990, Shleifer participated in a scam in which he claimed to treat five people who rammed their car into a telephone pole on Lake Mead Boulevard.
Prosecutors argued that as a result of the accident, an insurance company paid $38,000 in false medical bills.
Shleifer's attorneys countered that the witnesses who testified were liars and cheats who stood to benefit from taking the stand against the chiropractor.
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