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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...