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Lake Mary Man Arrested for Posing As Insurance Agent

October 3, 2018

Michael Hensley of Lake Mary has been arrested for falsely presenting himself as an insurance agent and providing general liability insurance for two Seminole County businesses. This isn’t the first time Hensley’s been...

Clearwater Doctor Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud

September 25, 2018

Dr. Jayam Krishna Iyer of Clearwater accepted a plea agreement that will end her medical career. Iyer’s charges include defrauding Medicare by billing for treatments she never delivered and giving written prescriptions for...

Doctor Sent To Prison For Obstructing Medicare Audit

September 20, 2018

Dr. John Janick of Port Charlotte was sentenced to five months in prison and three years of parole for lying to during a Medicare audit. Dr. Janick lied to a Medicare program integrity contractor about office space that was...

Florida Medical Professionals Charged in Largest Healthcare Fraud Crackdown In US History

August 15, 2018

Over 600 medical professionals in 35 states across the U.S. are on the hook for submitting more than $2B in fraudulent claims in what the U.S. attorney’s office is calling the largest healthcare fraud crackdown in the...

Global Blockchain Expected to Grow in the Insurance Market

August 10, 2018

Insurance companies globally lose more than US$80 billion to fraud every year. A growing number of fraudulent insurance claims, increasing need to have transparent and trustworthy systems, and a focus on reducing the total...

Deltona Man Charged With Arson in Insurance Fraud Scheme

July 27, 2018

Brian Lee Caswell of Deltona was arrested and charged with second-degree arson, arson resulting in injury, burning to defraud an insurer, giving false information to a law enforcement officer and making a false police report....

FL Man Poses As NJ Doctor to Submit $1M in Fraud Claims

July 26, 2018

A Florida man, Yoandi Marrero, has been charged with insurance fraud, theft by deception, attempted theft by deception and identity theft after assuming a New Jersey doctor’s identity to submit more than $1 million in...

Florida Public Adjuster Sentenced in $14M Insurance Fraud Plot

July 24, 2018

Corrupt public adjuster Jorge Fausto Espinosa recruited dozens of homeowners via his firm, Nationwide Adjusters, in an insurance fraud plot where he inflated insurance claims to the tune of $14 million. Espinosa paid...

Florida Man Charged with Theft and Fraud in Property Insurance Scheme

July 20, 2018

According to investigators, Roderick Clark of Indian Harbour Beach is facing charges after filing a false claim for more than $30,000 in hurricane damages last year. Clark claimed his home had sustained electrical damage...

Pending PIP Litigation on the East and West Coasts Could Impact States In Between

July 13, 2018

PropertyCasualty360 published a report about pending automobile personal-injury litigation in California and New York that could have a lasting impact if the decisions spread to other jurisdictions. Courts will determine...

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