Insurers should seek out all available sources of records, including criminal records, when litigating a civil case for fraud. Credit: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock.com Insurers should seek out all available sources of records, including criminal records, when litigating a civil case for fraud. Credit: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock.com

Various Geico entities brought a civil action against defendants, including one medical doctor, three chiropractors, Newark Pain and Rehab Center LLC, Garden State Pain Management, P.A., Spinecare Chiropractic Rehab Center, PA., and Capital Chiropractic, P.C., alleging an illegal kickback scheme in connection with personal injury protection (PIP) benefits.

The insurer alleged that defendants Todd Koppel, M.D. and Garden State Pain Management, P.A. unlawfully received PIP benefits by making false representations that they had complied with New Jersey law despite the fact that they had illegally paid kickbacks to chiropractors for patient referrals.

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