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Article: Appeal against [euro]750,000 cancer fraud dismissed
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- July 25, 2009
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THE COURT of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a
consultant surgeon and his wife against their convictions for
defrauding insurance companies of almost [euro]750,000 through a
false breast cancer claim.
The court, with Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns presiding and sitting
with Mr Justice Declan Budd and Mr Justice Michael Hanna, yesterday
upheld the convictions of Emad and Gehan Massoud.
Dr Emad Massoud (53), Woodview, Brownstown, Ratoath, Co Meath and
his wife, Gehan Massoud (46) a nurse, both originally from
Alexandria in Egypt, were convicted in March 2008 by a jury at
Dublin Circuit Court.
Emad Massoud was jailed for four years, while Gehan Massoud
received a three-year suspended ...