Specialists in Florida’s Department of Financial Services, who have been trained to trace Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance fraud, will often spend months following paper trails, pursuing suspects, and managing...
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Two undercover agents, covertly acting as patients who were injured in a car crash, uncovered alleged fraudulent insurance billing practices by Nadine Laurent at Optimum Medical Care in West Palm Beach. In April, the patients...
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater recently announced the arrest of former Jacksonville city council candidate Orlando Robles-Santana for insurance fraud. Robles-Santana has been charged with filing false insurance...
A Miami woman, who helped manage a widespread car insurance fraud ring from her chiropractic clinic in West Palm Beach, has received a six-year sentence in connection with “Operation Sledgehammer.” Maria Testa Baceiro,...
Judges Question Challenges Brought to Florida’s No Fault Insurance Law
September 20, 2013
A three-judge panel from the 1st District Court of Appeals expressed their reservations Tuesday about a challenge made by acupuncturists, massage therapists and chiropractors to key parts of Florida’s 2012 landmark reform...
Motion for Summary Judgment Granted in Two Pinellas PIP Cases
September 11, 2013
The Pinellas County Court ruled in favor of Direct General Insurance in two recent PIP cases heard in the Small Claims Division. In both cases, the plaintiff alleged breach of contract for failure to pay 80% of reasonable and...
Five individuals from the Tampa Bay area are now facing criminal charges relating to a workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme, following a lengthy investigation by the Department of Financial Services’ Division of...
Florida Ranks #4 Nationally for High Car Insurance Costs
August 28, 2013
Bankrate.com recently published its first Car Cost Index report, ranking Florida at no.4 in the country in car insurance costs. The median cost of car insurance in Florida was estimated at $1,042 a year, with the national...
The Florida Division of Insurance Fraud arrested a second woman allegedly involved in selling phony proof of insurance cards. The arrest followed an investigative story, “25 Percent of Florida Drivers Don’t Have...
Lake Worth Man Arrested in 2008 Fake Accident Scheme
August 23, 2013
Insurance fraud, vehicle accident fraud, and grand theft are the charges facing a Lake Worth man who allegedly submitted $20,000 in false PIP claims to insurer AIG. According to a Sun-Sentinel article titled, “Lake Worth...