Florida Chiropractor Sentenced for Insurance Fraud

A chiropractor from Parkland was sentenced to four years and four months in federal prison Friday for his role in a staged accident insurance fraud conspiracy in South Florida. Lawrence Schechtman, 46, was also ordered to pay more than $2.4 million in restitution, his attorney Alvin Entin confirmed. In December, Schechtman pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud conspiracy and four counts of mail fraud that occurred between 2009 and 2012. Federal prosecutors said that Schechtman, who worked at clinics in Palm Springs and Miami, signed off on treatments for people who fraudulently claimed they were accident victims as part of a staged-accident fraud ring that operated in several counties.