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• February 22, 2012 Statement from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater Regarding House Economic Affairs Committees’ Passage of Workers’ Compensation Fraud Bill Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater today released the following statement regarding the House Economic Affairs Committee’s passage of a bill that aims to curb workers’ compensation fraud. 
  
• February 20, 2012 CFO Jeff Atwater Announces Arrest of North Port Man on charges of Workers’ Compensation Claim Fraud and Grand Theft
  Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced the arrest of a North Port man as a result of a fraudulent workers’ compensation claim.  Jovan Bokun was arrested by detectives from the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud and charged with workers’ compensation fraud and grand theft after an investigation revealed that he submitted false insurance claim information regarding his physical capabilities. This false claim allowed him to collect over $34,000 from Dec. 2006 to Aug. 2011  in fraudulent workers’ compensation benefits.
  
• February 07, 2012 Statement from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater Regarding the Unanimous Passage of State Contracting Reforms Out of House and Senate Committees Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater today released the following statement regarding the unanimous passage out of committee of Senate Bill 1626 sponsored by Sen. Gaetz (R-Niceville) and House Bill 1409 sponsored by Rep. Albritton (R-Wauchula) regarding state contracting reforms.
• February 03, 2012 Florida CFO Jeff Atwater Announces Arrest of Miramar Man for Staged Auto Accidents Resulting in $200,000 in Fake Insurance Claims Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced today the arrest of Yasser Vega-Martinez, 34, of Miramar for planning and orchestrating three staged auto accidents over a seven-month period. The staged crashes resulted in over $200,000 in fraudulent insurance claims.
  
• February 03, 2012 Florida CFO Jeff Atwater Announces Arrest of ‘Straw Owner,’ Clinic Operator for Violating Clinic Law, Filing Fraudulent PIP Claims

  Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced today that charges have been filed against an Orlando chiropractor and two clinic operators for allegedly conspiring to create a “straw” ownership arrangement to thwart Florida’s clinic licensing laws.