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Miami Massage Clinic Owner Accused Of Insurance Fraud

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – The owner of a Miami massage clinic has been charged with insurance fraud.

Thirty year old Judith Gonzalez is accused of billing insurance companies nearly $250,000 in fraudulent claims and coaching patients on how to commit personal injury protection fraud.

Also charged in the probe were a physician's assistant and 14 patients. Gonzalez, who is the owner of the Flamingo Health Corporation, has operated several other clinics.

The state Division of Insurance Fraud and the Miami-Dade Public Department's Public Corruption Investigation Bureau conducted an undercover investigation which revealed the scheme.

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