In yet another multi-party scheme that allegedly abused Florida's notoriously flawed personal injury protection (PIP) system, authorities have arrested 19 people and issued warrants for six others.
According to a release by Florida CFO Jeff Atwater, Valerie Marshal, a 24-year-old licensed massage therapist and the proprietor of Indian Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (IRCI) was arrested at her Tampa home last week, along with 18 others for their suspected involvement in a string of staged accidents and fraudulent insurance claims.
The state attorney's office believes Marshal opened IRCI in September 2011 with the intent of defrauding insurers and quickly enlisted individuals to orchestrate staged accidents for which they would feign injury and, in many cases, only pretend to obtain medical treatment at her clinic. Those implicated in the case include accident participants, accident facilitators, clinic billing personnel, and clinic managers.
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