Robbin Broadnax had an unwelcome visitor — CFO Alex Sink. As part of a week-long blitz to publicize insurance fraud, Sink joined detectives from the Department of Financial Services' division of insurance fraud to arrest Broadnax for forging insurance documents in order to fraudulently collect more than $38,000. The arrest was part of an operation seeking more than 100 individuals from Pensacola to Miami on insurance fraud-related charges in which at least $3.5 million in insurance premiums were allegedly stolen or planned to be stolen.
Broadnax, the owner of Little Explorers Daycare in Plant City, forged two certificates of insurance and knowingly submitted them to Polk County School Readiness to facilitate her receipt of early education tax dollars totaling $38,328. Sink's office said that if a child at the daycare had been hurt, there would have been no insurance coverage to pay for injuries. Broadnax is accused of forgery, uttering (using the forged document), and grand theft. If convicted, she could face up to 30 years in prison.
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