South Florida Attorneys Plead Guilty To Auto, PIP Insurance Scheme

Two of six South Florida personal injury attorneys facing charges in a wide-ranging insurance fraud investigation have reached plea agreements and are cooperating with investigators. Steven Slootsky of Steven E. Slootsky P.A. in Boca Raton was the first lawyer to commit to a plea, agreeing to plead guilty to 15 felonies, spend up to five years in prison and pay more than $170,200 in restitution, according to the agreement filed in Broward Circuit Court. Vincent Pravato of Wolf and Pravato in Fort Lauderdale reached a deal Friday.