Twelve indicted for fraud

CAPE CORAL — A dozen people were indicted on Thursday on various charges of fraud for staging accidents and operating chiropractic clinics that billed insurers for bogus claims.

Federal prosecutors alleged that physical rehabilitation clinics Xtreme Care Rehabilitation Center and C & A Family Rehab Center in Cape Coral were operating as unlicensed health care clinics since 2009. The owners of the clinics recruited people to stage accidents and injuries.

After the alleged fake accidents, the clinics billed insurance companies for treatment that was neither provided nor medically necessary. Federal prosecutors did not disclose a dollar amount of claims in a statement.