A former clinic owner convicted of orchestrating a large-scale PIP fraud scheme could very well spend the rest of his days in a Florida prison.
Having been found guilty of multiple offenses, from insurance fraud to participating in staged accidents, David Rodriguez must now sit and wait for sentencing next month. The 46-year-old once owned General Rehabilitation Center and Crystal Rehabilitation Center in Tampa, Florida. From outward appearances, business was booming. Clinic billings swelled, but so too did questions about a trail of suspicious claims.
When the Florida Department of Financial Services' Division of Insurance Fraud took a closer look, it discovered that the clinic was billing for treatments never rendered. Still more claims involved equipment that the facility did not actually possess. Investigators were soon able to identify Lopez as the lead in securing a straw owner, controlling bank accounts, and directing fraudulent clinic operations.
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