CLEARWATER (FOX 13) – Four Bay Area businessmen have been indicted in an alleged scheme that defrauded patients, doctors, and insurance companies out of almost a billion dollars.
A district court in Tennessee unsealed a 32-count indictment charging Andrew Assad of Palm Harbor, Peter Bolos of Lutz, Michael Palso of Odessa, and Larry Everett Smith of Pinellas Park with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, mail fraud, and introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, records show.
Source: Pinellas Co. businessmen indicted in alleged $1-billion insurance fraud scheme / Fox13