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Biggest Health Care Fraud Takedown Just Happened in Miami

By The Tony Moss Firm |

In what is being touted as the largest health care fraud takedown in U.S. history, over 70 individuals were arrested in Miami recently. The Florida Attorney General, the FBI, and other federal agencies all worked jointly to arrest 73 individuals involved in various health care fraud schemes. This was a massive operation that encompassed… Read More »

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SEC Clawing Back Executive Compensation

By The Tony Moss Firm |

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently reached a settlement with the large IT company, Computer Sciences Corp. The company has agreed to pay $190 million to the Commission, and the former chief executive officer is providing $3.7 million in compensation as part of a settlement for financial fraud charges. Computer Sciences has neither admitted… Read More »

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Check Fraud Ring Busted in Central Florida

By The Tony Moss Firm |

Local authorities in Central Florida recently shut down a seven-county check fraud ring. Over two dozen perpetrators were arrested for an operation that affected at least 80 victims. Check fraud is a type of bank fraud that takes many forms. Fake check scams, trafficking in stolen checks, embezzlement, and “check kiting” are a few… Read More »

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Ex-Dolphins Player Accused of $31 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Former Miami Dolphins defensive back Will Allen and his business partner, Susan Daub, are accused of operating a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme. Allen and Daub are now facing civil charges by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. Criminal charges may be on the horizon for the pair as well. Using his NFL connections, Allen… Read More »

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Florida Doctor with Senatorial Ties Charged with Fraud and Corruption

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Florida doctor Salomon Melgen has been indicted on fraud and corruption charges tied to his medical practice and his connections with Senator Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey). Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida recently hit Dr. Melgen with an indictment charging 46 counts of health care fraud associated with his ophthalmology practice. Nineteen… Read More »

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$100 Million Surety Bond Scheme

By The Tony Moss Firm |

An Orange Park, Florida, man was recently sentenced to almost five years in prison for operating a $100 million surety bond fraud scheme. From August 2012 to July 2013, Eric Campbell created several corporations in order to sell fraudulent surety bonds to various construction projects around the country. The unsuspecting purchasers of these fraudulent… Read More »

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PIP Fraud Arrests in Miami

By The Tony Moss Firm |

Nine arrests were made last month in the Miami area, by agents of the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud, in separate cases for personal injury protection fraud. The individuals staged automobile accidents and submitted thousands of dollars’ worth of fraudulent bills to various insurance carriers. Personal injury protection (PIP) fraud… Read More »

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Medicare Fraud Takes Down Major Florida HMO

By The Tony Moss Firm |

Florida state regulators recently took over Florida Healthcare Plus after the insurer found itself in the middle of an FBI Medicare fraud investigation. Florida Healthcare Plus was a $130 million-per-year company with over 200 employees. It had almost 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries as members. While the company itself was not charged with fraud, 11 individuals… Read More »

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Mortgage Fraud, Magnified (and the Lucie Tondreau fiasco)

By The Tony Moss Firm |

In my last post, I spoke in general about what mortgage fraud looks like, and how the economic downturn of the late ‘00s has exposed countless such frauds in Florida and around the nation. Strictly speaking, mortgage fraud can be accomplished by one crooked borrower who provides false information on a loan application (income,… Read More »

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Mortgage Fraud in Florida: We’re Number 1 (Unfortunately)!!

By The Tony Moss Firm |

Mortgage fraud has been a hot button issue for the federal government ever since the wave of major bank failures that began in 2008. The 16th Annual LexisNexis Mortgage Fraud Report was recently released, finding that as the economy improves and the housing industry rebounds, mortgage fraud (particularly application fraud) continues to be on… Read More »

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