Crooked Opioid Treatment Center Owner Arrested for Insurance Fraud

November 16, 2018

James Durkin, owner of a Boynton Beach opioid treatment facility The Hope Center of Recovery, has been arrested for insurance fraud. Durkin was charged for allegedly submitting fraudulent insurance billing for over $104,000.

CFO Jimmy Patronis said, “Insurance fraud at crooked addiction treatment centers fuels the ongoing opioid epidemic in Florida.” An investigation revealed Durkin’s was falsified billings to Cigna and United Health Care for addiction recovery treatments that were never performed.

Durkin faces up to 30 years in prison.

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