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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOSEPH SCOTT GRAY

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 14, 2024

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Cade McGavinn Brown, KERRICK BACHERT, PSC, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Kathryn M. Dalzell, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Cade McGavinn Brown, KERRICK BACHERT, PSC, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: SUTTON, Chief Judge; READLER and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges.Davin M. Reust, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Judge(s): SUTTON, Chief Judge; READLER and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids

SUTTON, Chief Judge. Joseph Scott Gray honored his country as a soldier but not as a civilian. For more than a decade, he served in the military, earning a range of medals for his service in the Gulf War. But after leaving the service, he lied about his health to the Department of Veterans Affairs to obtain benefits to which he was not entitled. A jury convicted Gray of several fraud-related offenses. And the district court sentenced him to five years in prison and imposed $264,631 in restitution. For these reasons, we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for recalculation of the amount due in restitution.

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