Five people have been arrested for their involvement in a stagedaccident scheme in Miami. Mario J. Chavez, 53, Robin NelsonCampanioni, Jr., 23, Jorge J. Mota, 27, Naima Basnueva Lastre, 24,all of Miami, and Eduardo Figueredo, 44, of Miami Springs werecharged with insurance fraud, grand theft and staging an autoaccident.
|An investigation conducted by the Florida Department ofFinancial Services' Division of Insurance Fraud revealed that thefive suspects met at a house in Miami to plot the staged autoaccident. After faking the accident, the participants soughttreatment for their phony injuries at Doral Center Rehab and JustinMedical Services, both located at 3900 NW 79th Avenue, inMiami.
|As a result of this staged accident, nearly $83,000 infraudulent insurance claims were submitted by the clinics to Geico,Kingsway Amigo, Progressive and Unitrin Direct insurancecompanies.
|Additional arrests are expected. If convicted, each suspectfaces up to 35 years in prison.
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