Florida execs sentenced in $233M Obamacare fraud that targeted homeless, hurricane victims
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.
FIRST ON FOX: The president of a Florida insurance brokerage firm and the CEO of a marketing company were sentenced Wednesday to 20 years each in prison for leading a sprawling, $233 million Affordable Care Act fraud scheme that preyed on Florida's most vulnerable residents — including homeless and jobless individuals and newly displaced hurricane victims — to pocket millions in unearned commissions.
Cory Lloyd, 46, of Stuart, Florida, and Steven Strong, 42, of Mansfield, Texas, were convicted of conspiracy and fraud for their roles in the scheme, which involved lying and falsifying government forms to obtain coverage for individuals, and lying to or bribing would-be enrollees to sign up for plans — even when they knew doing so would cost them their existing insurance coverage. In addition to their prison time, the pair were ordered to pay $180.6 million in restitution to their victims.
Lloyd and Strong profited handsomely for years from the scheme, Justice Department officials said, using the proceeds to purchase luxury vehicles, an 80-foot yacht and an oceanfront home in the Florida Keys.
"Preying upon medically compromised consumers to rob hundreds of millions of taxpayer-funded programs is evil and unforgivable," Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News Digital in a statement.
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"Fraud schemes like this rob citizens and shake faith in our institutions — today’s sentencing is the latest example of this DOJ’s commitment to fighting fraud nationwide," Bondi said.
An estimated 35,000 individuals were fraudulently enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans during the years-long scheme led by Lloyd and Strong, Justice Department officials with knowledge of the case told Fox News Digital. The two sought more than $233 million in fraudulent payments, including about $180 million in federal Affordable Care Act funding.
"These defendants were sophisticated, licensed insurance brokers," Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said in a statement. "They had everything and intentionally took advantage of people who had nothing. The message from these sentences is simple: those who seek to line their own pockets with taxpayer dollars, victimize our most vulnerable and deplete federal programs will be held accountable."
The two intentionally targeted people in the state who were experiencing homelessness, according to court documents, and people experiencing mental health disorders, including addiction to opioids or other …
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.
FIRST ON FOX: The president of a Florida insurance brokerage firm and the CEO of a marketing company were sentenced Wednesday to 20 years each in prison for leading a sprawling, $233 million Affordable Care Act fraud scheme that preyed on Florida's most vulnerable residents — including homeless and jobless individuals and newly displaced hurricane victims — to pocket millions in unearned commissions.
Cory Lloyd, 46, of Stuart, Florida, and Steven Strong, 42, of Mansfield, Texas, were convicted of conspiracy and fraud for their roles in the scheme, which involved lying and falsifying government forms to obtain coverage for individuals, and lying to or bribing would-be enrollees to sign up for plans — even when they knew doing so would cost them their existing insurance coverage. In addition to their prison time, the pair were ordered to pay $180.6 million in restitution to their victims.
Lloyd and Strong profited handsomely for years from the scheme, Justice Department officials said, using the proceeds to purchase luxury vehicles, an 80-foot yacht and an oceanfront home in the Florida Keys.
"Preying upon medically compromised consumers to rob hundreds of millions of taxpayer-funded programs is evil and unforgivable," Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News Digital in a statement.
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"Fraud schemes like this rob citizens and shake faith in our institutions — today’s sentencing is the latest example of this DOJ’s commitment to fighting fraud nationwide," Bondi said.
An estimated 35,000 individuals were fraudulently enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans during the years-long scheme led by Lloyd and Strong, Justice Department officials with knowledge of the case told Fox News Digital. The two sought more than $233 million in fraudulent payments, including about $180 million in federal Affordable Care Act funding.
"These defendants were sophisticated, licensed insurance brokers," Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said in a statement. "They had everything and intentionally took advantage of people who had nothing. The message from these sentences is simple: those who seek to line their own pockets with taxpayer dollars, victimize our most vulnerable and deplete federal programs will be held accountable."
The two intentionally targeted people in the state who were experiencing homelessness, according to court documents, and people experiencing mental health disorders, including addiction to opioids or other …
Florida execs sentenced in $233M Obamacare fraud that targeted homeless, hurricane victims
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.
FIRST ON FOX: The president of a Florida insurance brokerage firm and the CEO of a marketing company were sentenced Wednesday to 20 years each in prison for leading a sprawling, $233 million Affordable Care Act fraud scheme that preyed on Florida's most vulnerable residents — including homeless and jobless individuals and newly displaced hurricane victims — to pocket millions in unearned commissions.
Cory Lloyd, 46, of Stuart, Florida, and Steven Strong, 42, of Mansfield, Texas, were convicted of conspiracy and fraud for their roles in the scheme, which involved lying and falsifying government forms to obtain coverage for individuals, and lying to or bribing would-be enrollees to sign up for plans — even when they knew doing so would cost them their existing insurance coverage. In addition to their prison time, the pair were ordered to pay $180.6 million in restitution to their victims.
Lloyd and Strong profited handsomely for years from the scheme, Justice Department officials said, using the proceeds to purchase luxury vehicles, an 80-foot yacht and an oceanfront home in the Florida Keys.
"Preying upon medically compromised consumers to rob hundreds of millions of taxpayer-funded programs is evil and unforgivable," Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News Digital in a statement.
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"Fraud schemes like this rob citizens and shake faith in our institutions — today’s sentencing is the latest example of this DOJ’s commitment to fighting fraud nationwide," Bondi said.
An estimated 35,000 individuals were fraudulently enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans during the years-long scheme led by Lloyd and Strong, Justice Department officials with knowledge of the case told Fox News Digital. The two sought more than $233 million in fraudulent payments, including about $180 million in federal Affordable Care Act funding.
"These defendants were sophisticated, licensed insurance brokers," Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said in a statement. "They had everything and intentionally took advantage of people who had nothing. The message from these sentences is simple: those who seek to line their own pockets with taxpayer dollars, victimize our most vulnerable and deplete federal programs will be held accountable."
The two intentionally targeted people in the state who were experiencing homelessness, according to court documents, and people experiencing mental health disorders, including addiction to opioids or other …
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