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Brothers Sentenced In Smart Labs Healthcare Fraud Scheme

December 5, 2018

H. Hamilton Wayne (CEO) and Justin Wayne (COO) of Smart Labs of Palm Beach have been sentenced to prison for healthcare fraud charges they pleaded guilty to back in August. They were also ordered to pay more than $9.6 million...

Duval County Public Schools Principal Arrested for Insurance Fraud

November 28, 2018

Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis announced the arrest of Darrell Perry, a Jacksonville elementary school principal for allegedly trying to submit altered insurance claims and false invoices for over $16,000 in the wake of Hurricane...

Crooked Opioid Treatment Center Owner Arrested for Insurance Fraud

November 16, 2018

James Durkin, owner of a Boynton Beach opioid treatment facility The Hope Center of Recovery, has been arrested for insurance fraud. Durkin was charged for allegedly submitting fraudulent insurance billing for over $104,000....

Pinellas County Detectives Arrest 35 Unlicensed Contractors in Undercover Sting

November 7, 2018

Pinellas County Detectives arrested 35 unlicensed contractors in an undercover sting operation coined “Operation Cast Out.” The suspects’ charges include unlicensed specialty contracting violations, workers compensation...

Three Unlicensed Contractors Banned for Post-Storm Fraud

November 1, 2018

According to the Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis, three unlicensed contractors in Leon, Gadsden and Gulf counties have been banned from soliciting and conducting any work in Florida pending a full investigation. The Disaster Fraud...

Telemedicine Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud

October 22, 2018

Scott Gregory Roix, owner of the telemedicine company HealthRight, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud. Roix and his four alleged conspirators, Florida and Texas pharmacists and pharmacy owners...

Tampa Bay Businessmen Indicted in Billion Dollar Insurance Fraud Scheme

October 19, 2018

Four Pinellas County businessmen, Andrew Assad, Peter Bolos, Michael Palso and Larry Everett Smith have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, mail fraud and introducing misbranded drugs into...

Palmetto Bay Man Arrested for Insurance Fraud and Grand Theft

October 17, 2018

Carlos Guillermo Aponte of Palmetto Bay was arrested in September for three counts of insurance fraud and grand theft for allegedly defrauding Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The Department of Financial Services’ Disaster...

Palm Beach County Business Owner Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud

October 12, 2018

According to the Florida Department of Financial Services, Vanessa Arreguin, owner of V&G Concrete, Inc. was arrested in August for three felony counts of concealing payroll to avoid workers’ compensation premiums and...

NICB Predicts Insurance Fraud will Rise with Frequency of Weather-Related Events

October 10, 2018

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) predicts a rise in fraudulent claims as weather-related events increase in frequency and size. A study done by the NICB revealed that approximately 10% of insurance claims are...

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