The sentencing of a Houston physician for health fraud took an interesting twist Monday with revelations of a murder-for-hire plot targeting a federal prosecutor and FBI agent.
Klein, a gastroenterologist who was awarded four patents for drugs used to treat the liver disease Hepatitis C, was convicted last year in a scheme that bilked millions from insurance companies.
In the course of deciding to send Dr. Ira Klein to federal prison for 11 years, U.S. District David Hittner had to determine if the physician obstructed justice last year during jail house discussions in which he allegedly orchestrated killings.
Hittner decided Klein had committed obstruction of justice, but gave him the same amount of time recommended by federal probation officials.
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