Two physical therapists and five other alleged participants in Miami were arrested last week and charged with staging car accidents and then billing insurance providers as much as $161,000. Florida’s Department of Financial Services apparently spent the last few months working with an informant to document the alleged car insurance…
A 51-year-old Wildwood notary was arrested at the end of 2021 for her alleged involvement in notarizing a document for a dead person’s bank account. She was charged with a felony – false certification by a notary – after she was interviewed at the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Public Safety…
A postal clerk in Florida allegedly stole mail and passport applications in what federal prosecutors are calling an identity theft scheme. The 30-year-old Ruskin woman was arrested Monday, according to court records. Last week, a federal grand jury in Tampa charged the woman with aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit…
A woman who ran a Florida-based charity that provides cradles for stillborn babies has been charged with scheming to defraud and several other felonies, according to reports. The charity provides these cradles to help families get through their tough loss of a child. According to the Florida Department of Agriculture…
Authorities have arrested a Jacksonville elementary school principal accused of trying to defraud his insurance carrier in the wake of Hurricane Irma. According to a statement provided through a spokesperson, Duval County Public Schools has assigned the man to an off-campus role until the district’s investigation is complete. The man…
Nearly two dozen men are accused of massive construction fraud, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. They were arrested last week as part of an undercover sting, and now authorities are warning the public about protecting themselves against unlicensed contractors. The nine-day undercover sting was designed to catch unlicensed…
A former Jacksonville Jaguars player faces insurance fraud charges linked to dental treatment authorities said he never received. Marlon McCree is accused of filing nearly $78,000 in bogus insurance claims, according to reports. McCree allegedly received $31,000 in reimbursements as a result. McCree, 41, turned himself into the Nassau County…
A 35-year-old unemployed Gainesville man is accused of devising a scheme to use dark web-bought identification information to rent hotel rooms and then sublease the rooms to people for illicit activity, according to Gainesville police. The man faces 11 fraud-related charges and two counts of using a communications device —…
Police arrested two women on Monday at the Aventura Mall who are accused of trying to buy thousand of dollars’ worth of designer goods with stolen credit cards. Aventura police said the women, 31 and 52, allegedly stole five credit cards from a Sunny Isles Beach woman. The 31-year-old is…
A Gainesville doctor convicted of 162 counts of health care fraud for false billing and using drugs not approved in the United States was sentenced Friday to effectively serve one year in prison and to pay a fine of more than $1.13 million plus restitution. The doctor, who had practices…