By james art 
Three Cuban citizens have been arrested in Florida for their alleged involvement in a criminal network, which cheated insurance companies from over $ 84,000 through a scheme of intended car accidents and fake medical treatments.
Participants identified as Pavel Vidal del Toro, Oscar Mustelier Salas and Islan Barrera Favary were part of a group that, according to the investigation South 17th Avenue and Mofet Street in the city of Hollywood.
The purpose of the fraudulent claim was to justify the alleged medical treatments in order to raise large sums of money from insurance companies.
A fraud, orchestrated with clinics that inflate claims
The fraud would be directed through two clinics: Ocean health decisions and Magical healingwhich cooperates with the Network for inflating claims with “false therapeutic sessions”, according to a police report quoted by Telemundo 51.
The mentioned clinics report non -existent health services to justify the restoration of the reimbursement of insurers.
One of the key pieces in dismantling the operation was the testimony of Merry Angie Romero AlemaniWho told the authorities that she was offered “$ 1,000 to participate in the crash”, although she claims she only received 500.
She also revealed that she had been pressured by the clinic to sign forms certifying “sessions that never took place”.
The three detained Cubans and their accomplices are faced with insurance fraud, intentionally incident and grand theft.
Some of them have a guarantee set at over $ 2500. Authorities said the investigation remained open and that more arrests were not ruled out in the coming days.
Part of a larger operation against fraud in southern Florida
This case is part of a broader investigation, which has led to the dismantling of numerous networks involved in insurance fraud in South Florida. Many of the participants were citizens of Cuban origin.
At the end of February, Three Cubans were arrested for conducting a fraudulent scheme operated by a Hyalic clinicwhere patients were illegally manipulated and fake claims were filed with insurance companies.
The first suspicions about the existence of the fraud network arose from a road accident that took place last November. During the investigation of the incident, detectives in Miami-Dad noticed inconsistencies in the certificates and submitted documentation, which alarms about the possibility of organized fraud.
As the investigation of the case deepened, the researchers revealed a recurring model in the accident reports related to the Hyalle clinic. The collected evidence enabled a direct connection between the three defendants and the systematic production of claims aimed at fraud of insurance companies.
Florida authorities have strengthened their fight against those criminal organizations that They affect both insurance companies and honest drivers who ultimately pay higher bonuses due to the impact of these fraud.
In response to the large volume of cases, the authorities in Miami-Dad are running a pilot program to find fraudulent clashes.
Miami-Dad authorities have repeated their commitment to fighting these types of fraudulent schemes, emphasizing that they will continue to monitor clinics and medical centers that can participate in such illegal activities.
In the United States, losses from fraud involving false accidents exceed $ 2 billion a year.