Dr. Moses D. Degraft-Johnson of the Heart and Vascular Institute of Northern Florida in Tallahassee is accused of taking $26 million from health insurance agencies for phony medical procedures. According to federal...
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Dr. Rodolfo Gonzalez Garcia was sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiring to dispense oxycodone, a charge to which he had previously pled guilty. Dr. Gonzalez Garcia and his co-defendants, including his wife Arlene...
Two Florida Women Charged with Hurricane Irma Assistance Fraud
January 21, 2020
Bernita Willette Carswell of Jacksonville and Deannajo White of Suwannee County have been charged lying about damage from Hurricane Irma to receive disaster assistance in separate cases. Both women are accused of falsifying...
Florida Officials Arrested for Allegedly Bilking FEMA
January 3, 2020
Lynn Haven’s former City Manager Michael White and former community services director David Horton were arrested and charged with conspiring with two businesses to bilk the federal government out of $5 million in Hurricane...
Dozens Arrested in Medicare Fraud Crackdown in Miami
December 12, 2019
Miami police officers arrested at least 30 people on allegations of Medicare fraud. The scam involved people from four pharmacies who are facing three charges, including organized scheme to defraud. One of the pharmacies was...
Florida Lawyer Collects Almost $1M in Fake Lawsuit Settlements
November 20, 2019
A Davie lawyer, Stuart Finkelstein, was arrested on Tuesday for collecting nearly $1M by filing over 300 unauthorized lawsuits on behalf of disabled Americans in New York and Florida. Finkelstein allegedly stole the...
Unlicensed Florida Doctor Arrested For Unlicensed Medical Treatments and Fraudulent Billing
November 8, 2019
Ozioma Maduka of Osceola Injury Center, LLC was arrested for allegedly practicing healthcare without an active, valid Florida medical doctor’s license as well as fraudulently billing unlicensed medical treatments. Maduka...
Florida Doctor Arrested for Allegedly Defrauding Nine Auto Insurers
November 7, 2019
According to a statement from the Florida Department of Financial Services, Dr. Celestino Santi was arrested for allegedly defrauding nine auto insurance companies our of more than $500,000 in unlicensed medical billing....
Perry Police Searching for Possible Windshield Scammers
October 31, 2019
Police in Perry, FL are receiving reports about possible scammers billing insurance companies for windshield repairs but not completing the work. The reports say that two people claim to work for “At Home Auto Glass” out...
UPDATE: Roofer Convicted of Insurance Fraud in Duval Charged with Grand Theft in Clay
October 24, 2019
Jacksonville roofer Roger Van Den Bosch has been officially charged with grand theft in Clay County, just months after pleading guilty to insurance fraud, forgery and theft. In May, the Kinnecorps owner was convicted in Duval...