A 46-year-old man receives 15 years in prison for a Jacksonville insurance fraud scheme. David Lopez is convicted on charges of schemes to defraud over $50,000, false insurance claims over $100,000, and knowingly participating in an intentional motor vehicle crash.
The investigation revealed that Lopez was the behind-the-scenes owner of Indian Rehabilitation Center, Inc., which was a licensed massage therapy clinic located in Jacksonville. It operated from March 2012 until October 2012 when the State Attorney’s Office and Florida’s Division of Insurance Fraud shutdown the clinic.
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The clinic billed insurance companies in excess of $228,000.
According to a State Attorney’s press release, Lopez and four others staged an accident and later Lopez filed a Personal Injury Protection claim through IRCI. The clinic received $35,000 for treatment provided to Lopez and the other vehicle occupants.
Lopez was also found to have arranged for a straw owner of the clinic to be directed on how to fraudulently operate the clinic, which insurance companies to target and controlled IRCI’s bank accounts.
Investigators found Lopez hiding at a remote fish farm outside of Tampa, Florida, six months after the clinic was shutdown.
