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Philip Esformes

Commutation

  /   2017–2021

Record at a Glance

Clemency type
Commutation
Presidential term
2017–2021
Federal district
Southern District of Florida
Offense
Conspiracy to defraud the United States and pay and receive health care kickbacks; receipt of kickbacks in connection with a federal health care program (two counts); payment of kickbacks in connection with a federal health care program (four counts); conspiracy to commit money laundering; money laundering (six counts); conspiracy to commit federal program bribery; conspiracy to commit federal program bribery and honest services wire fraud; obstruction of justice
Sentence
240 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $5,530,207 restitution (as amended on November 21, 2019) (September 12, 2019)
Current status
Status unclear from available authoritative sources.

Original Case

DOJ lists: Conspiracy to defraud the United States and pay and receive health care kickbacks; receipt of kickbacks in connection with a federal health care program (two counts); payment of kickbacks in connection with a federal health care program (four counts); conspiracy to commit money laundering; money laundering (six counts); conspiracy to commit federal program bribery; conspiracy to commit federal program bribery and honest services wire fraud; obstruction of justice. Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $5,530,207 restitution (as amended on November 21, 2019) (September 12, 2019). Plea/trial history and any amendments beyond this table require case-document review.

Clemency

Commutation on December 22, 2020. Individual warrant scope requires review.

Trump Connection

Former attorneys general Edwin Meese and Michael Mukasey and former deputy attorney general Larry Thompson supported commutation, according to the White House.

Since Clemency

  • 2024-02-22 · criminal case

    Esformes pleaded guilty to a pending health-care-fraud count and received time served, resolving the prosecution that continued after commutation.

    Legal Status: Guilty plea; commutation had not been a full pardon.

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