Two of six South Florida personal injury attorneys facing charges in a wide-ranging insurance fraud investigation have reached plea agreements and are cooperating with investigators.

Steven Slootsky of Steven E. Slootsky P.A. in Boca Raton was the first lawyer to commit to a plea, agreeing to plead guilty to 15 felonies, spend up to five years in prison and pay more than $170,200 in restitution, according to the agreement filed in Broward Circuit Court.

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Samantha Joseph

Samantha Joseph is co-head of the Litigation Desk in ALM's global newsroom. Grad school: Newhouse Syracuse. Contact: [email protected]. On Twitter: @SjosephWriter

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