Federal Jury Finds Edina Chiropractor And His Patient Recruiters Guilty Of Insurance Fraud Conspiracy
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Federal Jury Finds Edina Chiropractor And His Patient Recruiters Guilty Of Insurance Fraud Conspiracy
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"Insurance fraud costs all Minnesotans in the form of higher premiums," said Commerce Commissioner
"The defendants in this case defrauded automobile insurance companies by submitting false no-fault insurance claims and subsequently received reimbursements for chiropractic services that were either not medically necessary or were never rendered. Their greed had real consequences for the people of
As proven at trial, beginning in at least 2012, BURKE, a licensed Doctor of Chiropractic, participated in a scheme to defraud automobile insurance companies by hiring patient recruiters, known as "runners," to solicit automobile accident victims to attend treatments at BURKE'S clinic,
As proven at trial, BURKE structured the scheme in a way that would maximize Burke Chiropractic's billings to the insurance companies. BURKE typically withheld kickback payments to the runners until after the patients had attended a certain number of treatment sessions. Frequently, the runners paid a portion of the kickback payments they had received from BURKE to the patients they referred in order to make sure that the patients attended the minimum number of treatment sessions. Thus, the kickback payments were intended to ensure that patients came for treatments at Burke Chiropractic because of the payments, as opposed to the necessity and reasonableness of the treatments. As an additional incentive to continue attending treatments, BURKE often referred patients to personal injury attorneys, and BURKE instructed the runners to advise patients that following through on all treatment sessions would result in a bigger settlement from the insurance company. As a result of this fraud scheme, BURKE and Burke Chiropractic billed millions of dollars to the automobile insurance companies.
This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant
Defendant Information:
Convicted:
Conspiracy to commit mail fraud, 1 count Mail fraud, 12 counts
ABDIRAHIN KHALIF IBRAHIM, 26
Convicted:
Conspiracy to commit mail fraud, 1 count Mail fraud, 3 counts
Convicted:
Conspiracy to commit mail fraud, 1 count
Mail fraud, 1 count
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