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'Patient Broker' From Balto Goes To Federal Prison For Preying On NJ Drug Addicts 'Patient Broker' From Balto Goes To Federal Prison For Preying On NJ Drug Addicts
'Patient Broker' From Balto Goes To Federal Prison For Preying On NJ Drug Addicts A Baltimore man was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for paying people to bribe drug addicts in New Jersey to go to specific rehab centers -- some as far as California. John Devlin, 37, is one of seven people who took deals from the government and admitted participating in a plot to defraud health insurance companies through patient brokering in several states, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. The confessed schemers enlisted "recruiters" to pay users addicted to heroin and other drugs with "robust" private health insurance several thousand dollars to ent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Scheming Mechanic In Harford County Sentenced For $223K Scam Targeting Insurance Companies: AG Scheming Mechanic In Harford County Sentenced For $223K Scam Targeting Insurance Companies: AG
Scheming Mechanic In Harford County Sentenced For $223K Scam Targeting Insurance Companies: AG it didn't take long for a mechanic working at a Maryland auto dealership to scam customers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and now he will be heading back to prison, according to the state Attorney General. Parkville resident Kenneth Wayne Collins III, 35, who was only employed at a Bel Air car dealership in Harford County between January and November 2018, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with all but four years suspended, after he admitted to a theft scheme after he made 260 fraudulent claims for fake mechanical repairs that were issued by three insurance companies. In t…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Scheming Mechanic In Harford County Busted For $223K Scam Targeting Insurance Companies: AG Scheming Mechanic In Harford County Busted For $223K Scam Targeting Insurance Companies: AG
Scheming Mechanic In Harford County Busted For $223K Scam Targeting Insurance Companies: AG it didn't take long for a mechanic working at a Maryland auto dealership to scam customers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the state Attorney General. Parkville resident Kenneth Wayne Collins III, 35, who was only employed at a Bel Air car dealership in Harford County between January and November 2018, was found guilty of theft scheme after he made 260 fraudulent claims for fake mechanical repairs that were issued by three insurance companies. In total, Collins pocketed more than $223,000 in connection to the scam, which he continued through May 2019. Earlier this wee…

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by Zak Failla