By Wanja Waweru
Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. of the United States Senior District Court has retired after more than 50 years in the legal profession.
The 75-year-term old’s came to an end, and Myong J. Joun of Massachusetts took his position, according to a notice released by the U.S. Judiciary on Monday.
Joun will now serve as the District of Massachusetts’ U.S. District Judge.
Judge O’Toole was hearing a case before he retired against Winnie Waruru, a nurse from Kenya who admitted guilt in September of last year to participating in a Ksh. 12 billion home health care fraud scam.
Waruru and her co-accused, Faith Newton, were charged with defrauding Massachusetts State of the money by submitting fictitious claims and billings to a program that offers health insurance to low-income individuals.
