Five individuals were arrested following their involvement in an accident clinic sweep in Fort Myers and Port Charlotte, Fla, according to an announcement by Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. The arrests included clinic owners, massage therapists and chiropractors charged …
A Florida appeals court on Wednesday cleared the way for the enforcement of a controversial auto insurance law that backers say was designed to curb fraudulent claims. The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that Tallahassee Circuit Judge Terry Lewis …
David Rodriguez Lopez, a Tampa clinic owner was convicted for orchestrating a large scale personal injury protection (PIP) fraud scheme in Tampa and Jacksonville, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. Lopez, who will be sentenced in November, faces …
Rewards totaling $35,000 were given to four Floridians who provided key information that led to arrests and convictions in several major insurance fraud cases, according to an announcement by Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. The tipsters helped uncover almost …
Outside consultants on Tuesday increased their estimate of potential savings from Florida’s new no-fault auto insurance law, but state regulators continued to express skepticism. The law is designed to curtail rampant fraud in personal injury protection, or PIP, due to …
Insurance regulators plan to start kicking crooked doctors out of New York’s no-fault program next month, calling them linchpins in fake-accident scams that cost insurers and policyholders hundreds of millions of dollars. New regulations are set to take effect June …
Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill designed to crack down on rampant fraud in Florida’s no-fault automobile insurance system on Friday but said he’s worried about a potential loophole in the new law that goes into effect July 1. “They …
A licensed massage therapist, a physician’s assistant and 14 patients at a massage clinic in Miami have been arrested in an undercover insurance fraud investigation. Judith Gonzalez is accused of billing insurance companies nearly $250,000 in fraudulent claims and coaching …
Gov. Rick Scott Tuesday said he looks forward to signing a bill aimed at preventing fraud in Florida’s personal-injury insurance, even though cracks have started to show in Republican support for it. With a 10-5 party line vote, the Civil …