Authorities pursuing the medical mills that specialize in treating phony auto injuries are ramping up attacks on such groups for money laundering activity, law enforcement sources say.
In addition to suspicious financial maneuvers, investigators say they are also paying attention to a rise in organized crime involvement.
One part of the country for this new focus is Florida’s Dade County, where auto injury fraud has blossomed with a proliferation of shady medical facilities. "We are looking at aspects of money laundering involving clinics in Miami," revealed Capt. John Askins with Florida’s division of insurance fraud.
Capt. Askins said that the division recently began conferring with the State Attorney General’s Office to attack the illicit cash transactions. In looking into illicit medical group operations, "we believe some payments going out have been disguised," he said.
