Mealey's ( February 27, 2023, 12:01 PM EST) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After an Alabama federal judge denied a physician and his wife’s motions for a new trial following their convictions related to their involvement in an illegal controlled substance distribution and health care fraud scheme, one of their co-defendants, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, moved Feb. 24 for a reduced sentence, asserting that an 18-month sentence is sufficient and “proportional to the degree of her involvement in and formulation of the scheme.”...