Supreme Court to Consider Narrowing the Scope of Identity Fraud

The US Supreme Court agreed to consider the scope of an identity theft statute in a case that highlights what criminal defense lawyers say are the excessive number of laws and regulations carrying criminal penalties.

On Thursday, the justices agreed to review David Dubin’s Medicaid identity theft conviction. Durbin, who was a managing partner at a psychological services company, overbilled for mental health services at an emergency shelter, according to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

He argues that in addition to prosecuting him for healthcare fraud for submitting false Medicaid claims, the government also charged him ...