August 2013
Volume 4 - Issue 2
Blank served in all
areas of the Division,
earning the ranks of
Lieutenant, Captain,
Bureau Chief of
Workers Compensation
Fraud and Major of
Law Enforcement
Operations.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
1
Director Blank
2
Terrorist Arrest
4
PIP Fraud News
5
Most Wanted
6
Statewide Arrests
8
Statewide Contacts
HERE
Simon BlankHEADER
Named
Director of
Division of Insurance Fraud
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has
named Simon J. Blank to be the Director of the
Division of Insurance Fraud. Blank was named
Interim Director following the resignation of Dan
Anderson in July, and his official start date as
Director is September 3.
Blank began his law enforcement career in
1988 with the Royal Palm Beach Police
Department in West Palm Beach, Florida. He
served as a patrol officer, patrol sergeant,
narcotics, person and property crime detective,
crime scene tech, internal affairs, PIO and
supervised the Criminal Investigations Division.
Blank started with DIF in 1996 when he joined the workers compensation squad in Palm
Beach County. Since that time, Blank has served in all areas of the Division earning the
ranks of Lieutenant, Captain, Bureau Chief of Workers Compensation Fraud and Major
of Law Enforcement Operations.
Director Blank told the PIP Source “I have seen many changes since joining the Division
but one thing has remained constant throughout that time; the dedication and
commitment of all our members to safeguard the citizens of this state against all acts of
insurance fraud. Criminal trends are always evolving and so must we to remain effective.
During the last few years, the Division has made great strides towards this purpose.
Effective partnerships have been formed, the number of dedicated prosecutors has
significantly increased, technological advances have been made, and the working
relationship with the insurance industry as well as regulatory and enforcement agencies
has never been better. The Division is fully committed and our enforcement actions have
never been bolder or more unrelenting. I believe the DIF is poised to accomplish even
greater things in the years to come and I feel honored to have been named its Director. I
look forward to working with all of you as we move forward and confront new
challenges.”
Before starting a career in law enforcement Blank served his country in the United States
Air Force from 1982 through 1986. He received the rank of sergeant and completed his
service with an honorable discharge.
Blank is well respected by both law enforcement and the insurance industry. His
knowledge of insurance fraud and his years of experience at DIF will serve him well.
Congratulations Director Blank.
August 2013
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Jacksonville Man Charged in Staged Accident Also
Indicted By Feds For Allegedly Supporting Terrorists
Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, along with Acting Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, U.S.
Department of Justice, National Security Division, and Michelle Klimt, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Jacksonville
Division, announced in July the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Shelton Thomas Bell (19, Jacksonville)
with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to terrorists. If convicted, Bell faces a maximum penalty of 15
years in federal prison on each of the two charges.
The Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) arrested Bell on unrelated charges in January of this year where he was charged
with participating in a staged accident that occurred in June 2012.
The indictment alleges that between May 2012 and September 2012, Bell and others engaged in physical, firearms, and
other training in preparation for armed conflict in the Middle East, which Bell described as "the actions of jihad." Bell
allegedly solicited other individuals, including juveniles, to travel overseas with him in furtherance of this conspiracy. Bell
made video and audio recordings intended to be distributed to others once he arrived in the Middle East, for the purpose
of soliciting and recruiting others there to participate in violent jihad. In September 2012, Bell and a juvenile traveled to
Amman, Jordan and made contact with an individual who could facilitate their travel to Yemen to participate in violent
jihad. Bell is currently detained in the Duval County Jail on unrelated charges.
Read the press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office at http://www.justice.gov/usao/flm/press/2013/
july/20130718_Bell.html and additional stories at http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/320487/483/Feds-Manallegedly-supported-terrorists,
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/national/south/2013/07/
fla_teen_faces_aiding_terrorists_charges and http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fla-mosque-leaders-say-teen-talked-jihad.
15 More Defendants Plead Guilty
in Operation Sledgehammer
The United States Attorney’s Office announced in a press release in July that 11 Operation Sledgehammer defendants
pled guilty for their participation in a staged automobile accident and fraudulent chiropractic clinic scheme that resulted in
the theft of millions of dollars from Florida’s automobile insurance companies and Florida drivers.
This comes on the heels of guilty pleas by four other defendants in June. Clinic owners Luis Ivan Hernandez, 40, and
Maria Testa Baceiro, a/k/a “Maria Testa,” 29, both of Miami, along with massage therapists Olinda Rodriguez, 39, of
West Palm Beach, and Iris Roca, 41, of Davie, each pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Those defendants include Helenne Vazquez, 30; Maykel Marquez, 32; Yenisleydi Ramos, 26; Noelia Marichal, 52;
Nelson Felix Martinez Torres, 47; Yanet Hernandez Marichal a/k/a Yanet Hernandez, 26; Wilfredo Sauceda, 33; Alien
Moya, 29, all of West Palm Beach; Oscar Montiel Martinez, 34, of Lake Worth; and Juan Francisco Avon, 61, and Yeisy
Chouza, 31, both of Miami.
Defendant Chouza is scheduled to be sentenced on September 30, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. before U.S. District Judge
Kenneth A. Marra in West Palm Beach. Defendants Moya, Sauceda, Montiel Martinez, Martinez Torres, and Hernandez
Marichal are scheduled to be sentenced on October 21, 2013, before Judge Marra. Defendants Ramos, Marichal,
Vazquez, Marquez, and Avon are scheduled to be sentenced on October 28, 2013, before Judge Marra.
To date, 92 defendants have been charged for their participation in this automobile insurance fraud scheme. Of those 92
defendants, 56 have been charged federally by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, resulting in court-ordered restitution of more
than $5 million to the defrauded insurance companies, while 36 defendants are being prosecuted by the Palm Beach
County State Attorney’s Office.
Operation Sledgehammer is a joint investigation worked by the FBI, IRS-CI, the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud, the
Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office, and the Greater Palm Beach County Health Care Fraud Task Force, with
the collaboration and assistance of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).
See the full press releases at http://www.justice.gov/usao/fls/PressReleases/130726-01.html and http://www.justice.gov/
usao/fls/PressReleases/130628-03.html.
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Division of Insurance Fraud Names New
PIP Lieutenants in Orlando
The Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) has named Laquanda Green and John Savino to be the
new lieutenants taking charge of the PIP squads in the Orlando office. Green and Savino both
started with DIF in 2008, and both have been involved in numerous high profile investigations
including staged accident rings and straw ownership of clinics.
Lt. Green was previously assigned to the Health Care Fraud Task Force with the Metropolitan
Bureau of Investigations (MBI) while Lt. Savino was previously assigned to the Federal Health
Care Task Force for the Middle District of Florida.
Lt. Green began her career in law enforcement in 1997 with Orange County Corrections and later
as a Deputy working in patrol with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando. She then worked
for the Department of Motor Carrier Compliance as a compliance review officer, commercial motor
vehicle homicide investigator and an officer on radiological nuclear team and the hazardous materials team.
Lt. Savino began his law enforcement career in 1982 with the New York City Police Department. He served as a patrol
officer, narcotics investigator and was promoted to Detective in 1989. John spent eighteen years investigating reports of
sexual assaults and child abuse while assigned to the Manhattan Special Victims Squad, and was promoted to the
prestigious rank of 1st Grade Detective. During his time with the Special Victims Squad, he investigated thousands of
reports of rape and sexual assaults. He was tasked with rewriting the policy used by NYPD when investigating sexual
assaults and co-authored two text books detailing the best investigative techniques for rape investigations and other
serious crimes. In September of 2001, after the World Trade Center Tragedy, Savino along with an elite group of
Detectives were assigned to the New York City Morgue for several months and tasked with attempting to identify the
victims of the World Trade Center Disaster.
We congratulate Lts. Green and Savino and wish them much success in their new roles.
Chiropractor Stephen Lovell Sentenced to
5 Years in Federal Prison
Chiropractor Stephen Lovell, 55, was sentenced to five years in federal prison following his conviction in February.
United States District Judge John E. Steele sentenced Lovell for conspiracy to commit health care fraud. As part of his
sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $1.695 million, the proceeds of the offense. A jury
found Lovell guilty on February 28, 2013, following a two-week trial.
According to testimony presented at the trial, Xtreme Care Rehabilitation Center (Xtreme Care) was operating in Cape
Coral, Florida as an unlicensed health care clinic since 2009. The State of Florida licensing requirements were
circumvented by the conspirators as a result of the purported exclusive ownership of these clinics by licensed health
care practitioners, including chiropractor Lovell. As a result of the purported ownership of the clinics by a licensed health
care practitioner, these clinics avoided greater regulatory scrutiny. In actuality, other conspirators including Francisco
Huici Fernandez and Ernesto Diaz were the true owners of the clinics.
In furtherance of the health care fraud, the conspirators caused individuals to be recruited to be involved in staged
accidents and received injuries. These individuals would then go to Xtreme Care in exchange for payment. Xtreme Care
then billed insurance companies by submitting false claims for treatments of these patients, which was either never
provided or was not medically necessary. Upon payment by the insurance company, the proceeds of the fraudulent
activity were then transferred to corporations created by the conspirators to launder the proceeds of the criminal
activity. Fernandez and Diaz previously pleaded guilty for their roles in the case. Fernandez was sentenced to five
years and ten months while Diaz was sentenced to eight years.
This case was investigated by the Cape Coral Police Department, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation,
the United States Secret Service, Hialeah Police Department, City of Miami Police, the Division of Insurance Fraud,
along with the assistance of the National Insurance Crime Bureau and the Federal Reserve Board - Office of the
Inspector General, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jesus M. Casas. See the full press release
at http://www.justice.gov/usao/flm/press/2013/aug/20130814_Lovell.html.
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PIP FRAUD – In The News
Division of Insurance Fraud Arrests Orlando Clinic Owner For Third Time
The Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) arrested Dayleann Marie Vallejo-Ruiz, 28, a licensed massage therapist and
owner of Injury Rehabilitation Center in Orlando, for the third time in July. In this case, Vallejo-Ruiz was charged with
insurance fraud, grand theft, organized scheme to defraud for billing Allstate nearly $17,000 for services not rendered.
Vallejo-Ruiz was arrested in June for a similar scheme at her clinic, after an arrest in May for a scheme involving another
Orlando clinic, Colonial Rehabilitation.
State Farm Sues 1-800-ASK-GARY
Alleging a "massive fraud scheme" of kickbacks and patient brokering, insurance giant State Farm has filed a federal
lawsuit against chiropractor Gary Kompothecras, his clinics and the 1-800-Ask-Gary doctor-lawyer referral service.
State Farm reportedly has paid more than $19 million in no-fault medical claims since 2005 to the Physicians Group
accident clinics Kompothecras founded.
State Farm asserts that a "substantial portion" of the charges were unlawful because they were rooted in a patient
referral system that violates Florida laws, including the Patient Brokering Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Patient
Self-Referral Act.
Kompothecras’ attorney Greg Zitani in Sarasota emailed a statement from the defendants explaining that all of the
companies named in the lawsuit comply with Florida law and the suit contained "blatent lies" about the referral service.
"Also all of the attorneys who are part of the Ask Gary network are not advised or required to refer any of their clients to
the Physicians Group or any medical providers," the statement reads.
See related articles at http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/state-farm-sues-ask-gary-empire-wants-moneyback/2133765, http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2013/07/29/state-farm-sues-1-800-ask-gary.html and http://
www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/article/327360/250/State-Farm-suing-1-800-ASK-GARY-founder-?source=nletter-.
Appellate Ruling Threatens Hillsborough Ordinance Targeting PIP Fraud
An appellate court has effectively ended Hillsborough County's attempt to regulate clinics that law enforcement officials
say enabled a proliferation of staged auto accidents. The Second District Court of Appeal has upheld without comment
a temporary injunction against county enforcement of the ordinance after a lower court ruled in part that regulation of
clinics is the state's responsibility. Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner, working with the Hillsborough
County Sheriff's Office, pushed the local law. Enforcement of the ordinance has been on hold since the lower court
ruling late last year.
The nearly 30 clinics that challenged the law said it was overly broad and impinged on the regulatory responsibilities of
the state. They said it had an arbitrary and subjective process for people challenging the denial of a license, subjected
them to unlawful searches from a broad array of law enforcement and included other requirements that made it all but
impossible for otherwise legal clinics to operate. "None of my clients are in favor of fraud," said Luke Lirot, an attorney
for the clinics who challenged the ordinance. "They certainly wish that people involved in this line of work would refrain
from any conduct of that nature.
Read the story by Tampa Bay Times staff writer Bill Varian at http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/ruling-all-but-endshillsborough-law-targeting-pip-fraud/2136135.
Palm Beach Woman Arrested in Staged Accident
Faika Khader knew she'd be involved in a car crash days before it happened. She filed a claim with Farmers Insurance
and began receiving treatment for her injuries at Apex Chiropractic & Rehab Center in West Palm Beach. About a
month later, Khader admitted to Farmers that she had staged the accident. Khader explained it like this: She told
someone she needed money for school and got a phone call days later from a "business man." She met up with him in
July at a Delray Beach gas station and he gave her $900 cash to buy an insurance policy.
She repeated the story to a Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) detective, with a few differences: She said she met a
stranger at a gas station who told her she could earn $2,000 by crashing her car. He said she could follow up with a
chiropractor for financial assistance. Khader also said the other two passengers in her car during the crash were both
strangers. Khader, 31, of Boynton Beach, was arrested by DIF and booked into the Palm Beach County Jail.
Read the story by Brittany Shammas at the Sun Sentinel at http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-07-05/news/fl-boyntonstaged-car-accident-20130703_1_car-accident-car-crash-days-gas-station.
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Most Wanted: Fugitive
Adao Eudes Rumao
Hispanic Male, 35 years old
5’09”, 145 lbs, Brown Eyes, Black Hair
Warrant Information:
Warrant/Case #: 10005566CF10C
Felony Warrant Charge: Insurance Fraud
Details:
The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance
Fraud is attempting to locate Adao Eudes Rumao.
Rumao committed acts of Insurance Fraud resulting from knowingly
participating in an intentional staged motor vehicle crash on July 12,
2009 for the purpose of claiming personal injury protection (PIP)
benefits. After the crash, Rumao allegedly treated at a chiropractic clinic
for several months. The insurance company was billed for more than
$54,000 for this staged accident.
If you know where Rumao can be located, please contact the Division of
Insurance Fraud at 1-800-378-0445.
Check out the DFS Most Wanted at http://www.myfloridacfo.com/PressOffice/MostWanted/
August 2013
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Statewide PIP Arrests – July 2013
Each issue will provide a list of PIP arrests made by the offices throughout the State. Along with each defendant’s name
and age, we will include: the type of scheme involved; the fraud dollar amount; clinic name(s); victim insurance company
name(s); and the arresting office. If you need additional details on any of these arrests, please contact Capt. Smith.
Rodrigue Jean Baptiste, 37 – statement in support of jump-in 10/08/12 - $14,073 - Delray Chiropractic and Wellness Center (Liberty
Mutual) W
Faika Khader, 31 – staged acct 08/20/11 (driver) $2,200 - Apex Chiropractic & Rehab Center (Farmers) W
Frank Fiallo Vera, 41 – staged acct 11/23/11 (recruiter) $68,713 – Crystal Rehab Center / Progress Health Center (Gainsco / Geico /
State Farm) M
Samantha Leigh Eades, 27 – staged acct 07/04/12 (passenger) $18,774 - Indian Rehabilitation Center (Direct / Security National /
USAA) J
Jose Manuel Cardona, 38 – staged acct 07/04/12 (driver) $18,774 - Indian Rehabilitation Center (Direct / Security National / USAA) J
Nadage Niquesha Tasy, 21 – staged acct 12/07/10 (passenger) $6,614 - Bedford Medical Chiropractic / Health Plus Chiropractic
(First Acceptance) O
Jose Luis Baez, Jr, 24 – staged acct 04/22/12 (passenger) $28,565 - One Touch Therapy (Progressive / USAA) J
Tiffany Sue Richards, 24 – staged acct 04/22/12 (driver) $28,565 - One Touch Therapy (Progressive / USAA) J
Benjamin William Good, 53 – fake ins card (Direct General / Seminole Casualty) T
Diana Merice, 39 – staged acct 05/31/11 (recruiter) $4,900 - Blessings Rehab Center (Geico) O
Carly Cheri Wynn, 20 – staged acct 03/28/12 (passenger) $39,533 - Gate Parkway Diagnostic Center (Geico) J
Isis M Rivero, 44 – staged acct 06/04/12 (passenger) $41,465 - One Touch Therapy (Kemper) J
Reynaldo Bermudez, 50 – staged acct 10/23/12 (recruiter) $41,849 – All X-Ray Diagnostic Services / Murphy Health Center / Tapia’s
Rehabilitation Center / YH Imaging (Geico / Kingsway Amigo) M
Elizabeth Nunez Melgan, 41 - staged acct 07/04/12 (passenger) $18,774 - Indian Rehabilitation Center (Direct / Security National /
USAA) J
Tomas Echevarria, 32 – staged acct 10/23/12 (recruiter) $55,073 - LMG Medical / New Life Medical Center (Geico / State Farm) M
Alberto M Silveira Leiva, 47 - staged acct 11/23/11 (passenger) $68,713 – Crystal Rehab Center / Progress Health Center
(Gainsco / Geico / State Farm) M
April Rosita Wynn, 22 – staged acct 04/21/12 (recruiter) $40,007 - Health Point Injury Center (Direct / Kemper / Peachtree) J
Thomas Junior Goodwin, 59 – fake ins card (Geico) T
David Alexander Gibbs, Jr, 44 – application fraud (Kemper) O
Yessenia Diaz, 23 – staged acct 12/01/11 (passenger) $49,288 - Atlantic Mobile Services / Benefica Health Center / Healing Lands
Medical (State Farm / United Auto) M
Yoendris Ho Somoza, 33 – staged acct 04/21/12 (driver) $98,735 - Gentle Care Rehab Services / Well-Care Rehab Services (State
Farm / Titan) M
Yaquelin Palancar Leon, 27 – staged acct 04/21/12 (passenger) $98,735 - Gentle Care Rehab Services / Well-Care Rehab Services
(State Farm / Titan) M
Dayleann Marie Vallejo-Ruiz, 28 – massage therapist / clinic owner - $16,972 - Injury Rehabilitation Center (Allstate) O
Zudisaday Hernandez Airado, 40 – staged acct 04/21/12 (passenger) $17,000 - Health Point Injury Center (Kemper) J
John Peter Christensen, 61 – chiropractor / trafficking oxycodone / murder – O
Franchon Lamarrechee Edwards, 25 – fake ins card (MGA) T
Roxanna Echevarria Vallejo, 35 – staged acct 01/16/11 (driver) $46,875 - Diagnostic & Radiology of Miami / La Maison Medical
(Progressive / State Farm) M
Michael Andrew Walker, 52 – staged acct 11/19/09 (recruiter) $25,599 - Blessings Rehab Center (Allstate) O
Code – B (Broward) F (Ft Myers) J (Jacksonville) M (Miami) O (Orlando) P (Pensacola) TL (Tallahassee) T (Tampa/St Pete) W (West Palm Beach)
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Statewide PIP Arrests – July 2013
Each issue will provide a list of PIP arrests made by the offices throughout the State. Along with each defendant’s name
and age, we will include: the type of scheme involved; the fraud dollar amount; clinic name(s); victim insurance company
name(s); and the arresting office. If you need additional details on any of these arrests, please contact Capt. Smith.
Elizabeth Christine Rojas Arce, 20 – staged acct 04/22/12 (passenger) $28,565 - One Touch Therapy (Progressive / USAA) J
Diana Merice, 39 – staged acct 11/19/09 (recruiter) $25,599 - Blessings Rehab Center (Allstate) O
Fabiano Santiago Silva, 40 – staged acct 05/12/10 (driver) $199,631 - Back 2 Life Rehab (FIGA / Progressive / Rental Services) B
Quinelle Laray Brown, 34 – staged acct 11/20/12 (driver) $10,000 - (Esurance) O
Lukas Dvorak, 28 – staged acct 06/13/10 (passenger) $32,600 - Back 2 Life Rehab (Progressive / Republic West / Sentry) B
Maileidys Piedrahita, 27 – staged acct 12/01/11 (recruiter) $49,288 - Atlantic Mobile Services / Benefica Health Center / Healing
Lands Medical (State Farm / United Auto) M
Yasser Dionis Suarez-Gonzalez, 22 – staged acct 04/17/12 (passenger) $ - (Ocean Harbor / Progressive) J
Deshon Latrice Curry, 23 – staged acct 05/31/11 (driver) $4,900 - Blessings Rehab Center (Geico) O
Elizabeth Nieto, 39 – PIP patient - $1,214 - A & T Massage and Rehabilitation (GMAC) T
Angela Rose Bojorek, 34 – sale of fake ins card (Occidental Fire & Casualty) O
Latarivis Sentell Reese, 26 – false claim - $13,656 (Farmers) W
Alexis Carballea Morejon, 42 – PIP patient - $1,513 - Columbus Rehabilitation Center (Safeco) T
Danuzia Lima, 37 – staged acct 06/13/10 (driver) $32,600 - Back 2 Life Rehab (Progressive / Republic West / Sentry) B
Luis Angel Palermo, 26 – staged acct 04/11/12 (passenger) $49,636 - One Touch Therapy Center (Geico) J
Karel Monteagudo Lugones, 28 – staged acct 08/11/11 (driver) $91,259 - Sunshine FL Rehab / VM Physical Therapy (21st
Century / Geico) M
Yenisleidys Mena, 23 – staged acct 04/17/11 (passenger) $10,072 - Balance Harmony (Geico / RepWest) T
Luz A Pompa, 49 – staged acct 04/11/12 (passenger) $49,636 - One Touch Therapy Center (Geico) J
Rafael R Pompa, 41 – staged acct 04/11/12 (driver) $49,636 - One Touch Therapy Center (Geico) J
Lumey Vegas, 38 – staged acct 08/11/11 (recruiter) $91,259 - Sunshine FL Rehab / VM Physical Therapy (21st Century / Geico) M
Barbaro Montes De Oca, 42 – staged acct 06/22/10 (driver) $52,764 – Health Care R Us / Universal Rehab Medical Group (Allstate /
Infinity / State Farm) W
Matlee Rodriguez, 40 – staged acct 06/22/10 (passenger) $52,764 – Health Care R Us / Universal Rehab Medical Group (Allstate /
Infinity / State Farm) W
Irina Garcia Veiga, 28 – staged acct 06/22/10 (driver) $52,764 – Health Care R Us / Universal Rehab Medical Group (Allstate /
Infinity / State Farm) W
Vivian Morales Torres, 48 – staged acct 06/22/10 (passenger) $52,764 – Health Care R Us / Universal Rehab Medical Group
(Allstate / Infinity / State Farm) W
Tyron Jefferson Vernet, 32 – staged acct 04/08/12 (recruiter) $76,799 - North Broward Health & Rehab (Geico) W
Gesula Marieditte Casy, 85 – staged acct 04/08/12 (passenger) $76,799 - North Broward Health & Rehab (Geico) W
Resula Cazy, 55 – staged acct 04/08/12 (driver) $76,799 - North Broward Health & Rehab (Geico) W
Kervens Charles Exavier, 19 – staged acct 04/08/12 (passenger) $76,799 - North Broward Health & Rehab (Geico) W
Steven Charles Exavier, 18 – staged acct 04/08/12 (passenger) $76,799 - North Broward Health & Rehab (Geico) W
Cherelle Rene Harley, 23 – false claim – patient - $3,484 (Geico) F
Dudley Hyppolite, 24 – fake ins card (Windhaven) F
Code – B (Broward) F (Ft Myers) J (Jacksonville) M (Miami) O (Orlando) P (Pensacola) TL (Tallahassee) T (Tampa/St Pete) W (West Palm Beach)
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Statewide PIP Contacts
PANHANDLE REGION
Counties: Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf,
Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty,
Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton,
Washington
Pensacola Field Office - 850.453.7802
Capt. David LINDSAY
Tallahassee Field Office - 850.413.3115
Lt. Ernie STOLL
NORTH REGION
Counties: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia,
Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Levy, Marion,
Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Sumter, Suwannee, Union
Jacksonville Field Office - 904.798.5802
Capt. Brian McCOY
Lt. Kevin JONES
WEST CENTRAL REGION
Counties: Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry,
Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk,
Sarasota
Tampa Field Office - 813.972.8602
Capt. Michael BYRNE
Lt. Carlos ROSARIO
Fort Myers Field Office - 239.278.7527
Lt. Mark FRITZ
Copy goes her.
Editor’s
Corner
On page 1, we announce the new Director of
the Division of Insurance Fraud - Simon Blank.
On page 2, a staged accident participant
arrested by DIF is alleged to have terrorist ties.
On page 3, we announce the new PIP
Lieutenants for DIF in Orlando.
On page 5, we feature another fugitive in
Insurance Fraud’s Most Wanted.
As always, we report on PIP Fraud in the News
and the latest PIP-related arrests.
EAST CENTRAL REGION
Counties: Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia
Orlando Field Office - 407.835.4402
Capt. Glen HUGHES
Lt. Laquanda GREEN
Lt. John SAVINO
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Counties: Broward, Highlands, Indian River, Martin,
Okeechobee, Palm Beach, St. Lucie
Plantation Field Office - 954.958.5402
Capt. John DYGON
Lt. Bill LEE
West Palm Beach Field Office - 561.837.5601
Lt. Evangelina BROOKS
SOUTH REGION
Counties: Dade, Monroe
Miami Field Office - 305.536.0302
Capt. Steven SMITH
Lt. Violeta SERRANO
Lt. Stanley JEAN-FELIX
Lt. Rafael DELGADO
South Florida Major Medical Fraud Task Force
Supervisory Special Agent Fred Burkhardt 847.544.7141
Central Florida Major Medical Fraud Task Force
Supervisory Special Agent Jose Olivier 813.558.6387