21 FL Residents Arrested For Insurance Fraud

Miami-Dade area investigators say over half a dozen on the state’s largest car insurers have been receiving false medical claims for staged accidents from four South Florida clinics. From those clinics, prosecutors say they have 21 people who are involved in the elaborate scams that have created almost...

May 8th, 2013 | Staged Accidents | Read More

Getting to know Florida’s PIP Problem

On April 16th, a Senate committee voted 10 to 0 to scrap the state’s no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) system. The chairman of the committee said their future efforts will likely depend on what happens in the courts. Though the future of PIP in Florida is still unknown, it is worth taking...

April 25th, 2013 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

NY Round Up Helps Fight Against Fake Crash Epidemic

More than $330,000 was bilked from insurers as a result of at least six bogus car crashes in New York. According to InsuranceNewsNet, the Attorney General released an announcement stating that 16 individuals have been rounded up for their alleged role in the string of crashes that involved not only personal...

January 29th, 2013 | Rings & Mills | Read More

2 FL Men Found Guilty in “Operation Whiplash”

Back in March we brought you (one of many) stories of a PIP fraud ring that was disbanded. Two of the participants in that ring have now been found guilty and are scheduled to be sentenced on March 11, 2013. You can read that article by clicking here. According to WINK News, a federal jury found Francisco...

December 19th, 2012 | Rings & Mills | Read More

Majority of MI Voters Support Law to Fund Insurance Fraud Fight

If you live in Michigan you may have been polled for this back in August; if not, it’s still interesting and you should definitely read on. According to Crain’s Detroit Business, a recent poll found that 75% of the MI residents that were surveyed would support a law that would create a statewide...

September 14th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Expected Savings Rise after FL No-Fault Insurance Study

Back in July we brought you information about the new personal injury protection (PIP) law that was put into place in Florida. The PIP reforms in that law were expected to save Floridians money. What could be better than that? Why, the savings will be even better than expected according to a study...

August 23rd, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

2 Miami Men Charged for Bogus Clinic, PIP Fraud

Two Florida men are in a heap of trouble due to fraudulent billing at an unlicensed clinic. It was announced on August 10th that they will collectively face up to 340 years in prison if they are convicted on all counts. According to the Sunshine State News and Florida Chief Financial Officer, Robbie...

August 13th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

New PIP Law in Effect in FL

The long awaited “fix” to the personal injury protection (PIP) and insurance fraud problems Florida has been facing was put into place on July 1st. Earlier this year we reported on the projection of such a law existing, and now we can definitively say something has been put in place to assist in...

July 3rd, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Eleven More Including a Chiro Indicted in Florida Staged Crash Ring

Following up on a story we brought you last month about Oscar Luis Franco Padron and his part in several staged accidents, we find that eleven others also involved in those accidents have been arrested and charged. According to a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) press release, Wifredo A. Ferrer,...

June 20th, 2012 | 2, Rings & Mills, Staged Accidents | Read More

Clinic Manager Gets 5.5 Year Sentence for Role in Staged Accident Ring

May 25th was not a very good day for Oscar Luis Franco Padron. He was sentenced to five and half years in prison for PIP fraud, due to his role in several staged accidents. According to the FL PIP Guide, Padron managed several clinics and recruited patients to perpetrate the fraud. Along with his prison...

May 30th, 2012 | Rings & Mills, s, Staged Accidents | Read More

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