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SDNY Judge Schofield Gives Mathieu 4 Years After Trial Testimony Calls Perjured

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, Dec 11 – Paul Mathieu was a doctor who allowed a non-doctor, Aleksandr Burman, to open and run clinics in his name, and signed false documents about clients whom he had never seen. After conviction in a jury trial in which he testified, he belatedly arrived for sentencing on December 11 before U.S. District Court for the Southern District Judge Lorna G. Schofield.

    Judge Schofield, who presided over the trial, imposed a two point sentencing guideline enhancement on Mathieu for what she called perjured testimony. One question raised thereby, in terms of disparities in sentencing, is the position of fellow SDNY Judge Jed S. Rakoff, that so much testimonial penalty should be imposed.

   This may be only an academic matter, as Judge Rakoff openly calls the guidelines arbitrary, and Judge Schofield seemed to say that her ultimate sentence was not impacted by the guidelines (but was by the attendance of Mathieu's friends and family).  

The question of restitution and loss amount, after a length discussion, was deferred. Mathieu spoke, movingly, and said that all he ever wanted to be was a doctor. Judge Schofield sentenced him to 48 months or four years, with three years of Supervised Release to follow. The case is US v. Mathieu, 16-cr-763 (Schofield). 

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