Fraud Roundup

Ring Members Diverted AIDS Drugs

Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist and U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta announced four individuals, including two Miami physicians, have been arrested for allegedly participating in an organization that illegally diverted millions of dollars worth of highly valued AIDS drugs from Medicaid …

‘Fraud Fighters’ Pay $16,000 in Rewards

Five individuals who reported fraud perpetrators have received $16,000 in cash rewards from the Florida Financial Services Department after the recipients, including a child, provided information that led fraud detectives to thwart more than $1 million in fraudulent insurance claims. …

Fraud Case Records Found in Longwood

A trash bin in Longwood, Fla. near Orlando has revealed boxes of medical records with photographs, names, Social Security numbers and personal information about chiropractic patients in Lawrence, Mass. treated by Prestige Pain Management and Physical Therapy. The discarded records …

FLORIDA

Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist and U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta announced four individuals, including two Miami physicians, have been arrested for allegedly participating in an organization that illegally diverted millions of dollars worth of highly valued AIDS drugs from Medicaid …

Marin County Contractor Pleads Guilty

A licensed general contractor and owner of a Marin County, Calif., roofing company has pled guilty to workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud, unemployment insurance fraud and filing false income tax returns-potentially costing up to $1.4 million in combined losses. An …

San Diego Contractor Ordered to Pay $37,669 in Restitution to State Fund

A San Diego County Superior Court has sentenced Valley Center, Calif., businessman John Presley to three years formal probation and ordered him to pay $37,669 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund, which insures his business. Presley, 55, is …

Calif. Doc Arrested in Scam

Ventura County, Calif., District Attorney Gregory Totten has announced that investigators from the District Attorney’s Office Bureau of Investigation has arrested Dr. Kent Pollock, 61, of Newbury Park, Calif., on a felony arrest warrant alleging the double billing of insurance …

Former Calif. Broker Nabbed on Grand Theft Charges

A former Beverly Hills, Calif., insurance broker has been arrested and charged with one count of grand theft after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Investigation Division. CDI Investigators arrested Gregory Starrett Williams, 53. If convicted, he …

Lawsuit Claims Disability Insurer Sought to Avoid Paying Claims

UnumProvident Corp., the nation’s largest disability insurer, has systematically sought ways to avoid paying claims to millions of California customers, a lawsuit claims. The lawsuit filed in Superior Court by policyholders seeks class-action status. It comes less than one month …

Utah Pharmacy Owner Arrested on Suspicion of Fraudulent Billing

The owner of the Park City Pharmacy at The Clinic in Utah has been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently billing an insurance company for drugs that never were prescribed. Thomas Evan Strebel, 60, was arrested for investigation of insurance fraud, …

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