Dr. Sebiha Ozturk, 30, of Naples Acupuncture and Health Clinic, was arrested on charges of allegedly billing Safeco Insurance Company over $17,000, and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company over $5,000, for acupuncture treatments that were never performed. If Dr. Ozturk is convicted, she could face up to seven years in prison.
The arrest came as a result of a Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud investigation which revealed that in at least one of the claims, an employee reported that a patient wasn’t even in town to receive treatment when treatment was billed to an auto insurer.
Under the 2012 amended Florida No-Fault law, acupuncturists are not eligible to receive PIP benefits.
The full article is available here. The full press release regarding the arrest from Florida CFO Jeff Atwater is available here.
Fernando L. Roig, Esq.
Mark J. Rose, Esq.
Michael A. Rosenberg, Esq.
