Legal News Archives - Page 8 of 24

Four Miami Residents Sentenced for Their Roles in $63 million HealthCare Fraud Scheme

November 13, 2015

On November 6, 2015, four former employees of the now defunct healthcare provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN) were sentenced for their role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Florida Medicaid for...

Four Sentenced For $126 million Florida Healthcare Fraud

November 6, 2015

Four individuals were sentenced on October 29, 2015 in Florida Federal court for their roles in a large complex scheme to rip off the city of Miami, Miami-Dade County Public Schools and numerous major companies for...

Broward County Chiropractor Arrested for $1.5 Million Insurance Fraud Scam

October 29, 2015

On October 15, 2015, the Florida Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced the arrest of Eric Wiegandt, 41, on multiple felony fraud charges for conducting a $1.5 million insurance fraud...

State Charges Couple with Insurance Fraud Over $15K Engagement Ring

October 28, 2015

Zian Scott Snyder, 29, and Alicia Maria Hill, 26, of Cantonment, Florida have been charged with scheme to defraud, insurance fraud, grand theft, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud by the Florida Division of Insurance...

Two Men Convicted in Federal Court for Insurance Fraud

October 21, 2015

On October 13th, Janio and Jharildan “Harold” Vico were convicted of a total of 16 charges including 12 counts of mail fraud, two counts of money-laundering, conspiracy to commit money-laundering, and conspiracy to commit...

Chiropractic Clinics Attempt to Defraud GEICO

October 12, 2015

On October 5, 2015, GEICO filed a lawsuit in federal court against Boston-based Big City Chiropractic & Sports Injury Clinic, according to a Law360 article. GEICO claims that Big City created a scheme to defraud the...

Five Naples Residents Charged with Insurance Fraud

October 8, 2015

Five residents from Naples have been charged with auto insurance fraud, according to an article published by News-Press.com. The five individuals were involved in the operation of chiropractic clinics that defrauded several...

Eleventh Circuit Declines 7th GEICO Car Crash Trial

October 2, 2015

On Tuesday September 22, 2015, the Eleventh Circuit declined to allow a seventh trial in a GEICO General Insurance Co. coverage dispute, rejecting an argument by the estate of a car crash victim that the insurer wasn’t...

Florida Towns Plagued by Windshield Damage Scams

September 30, 2015

Residents of Duval County are being advised to remain vigilant for criminals soliciting residents to participate in a scam to defraud insurance companies. News Channel WJXT of Jacksonville, Florida has reported an increase in...

Executive Admits to Stealing $860,000 from Coastal Orthopedics

September 25, 2015

David Brooks, 44, of Ohio plead guilty to mail fraud and faces up to 20 years in federal prison, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Florida. According to a plea agreement...

Firm News

Category: Legal News