Feds charge clinic owners, attorney, chiropractors in alleged $23 million auto insurance fraud
The new federal charges were filed against three clinic owners, an attorney and two chiropractors from
According to court records, Filenger, Rubinstein and Yonover operated clinics in
Filenger, Rubinstein and Spivak appeared briefly Wednesday in federal court in
Investigators say the case involved a dozen chiropractic clinics, in South and
Dalley, the attorney, is accused of paying more than
Filenger and Rubinstein paid illegal kickbacks ranging from
Filenger and Rubinstein told their employees to falsify the pain levels reported by patients so they could bill the maximum
Prosecutors said the accident victims were persuaded to visit the clinics at least 30 times, in order to inflate the billing.
"Based upon instructions from Filenger and Rubinstein, the ... chiropractic clinics would treat the patients based solely on a profit motive and without regard for patient health," prosecutors said.
If convicted, Filenger and Rubinstein face a maximum punishment of 80 years in federal prison, fines and would have to pay restitution. Spivak would maximum of 70 years imprisonment and fines. And Yanover, Dalley, and Varisco face a maximum term of five years imprisonment and fines.
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