A central Florida man who has been cited for numerous traffic violations and who was once sued by State Farm in an auto accident subrogation case, has been charged with submitting more than $159,000 in fraudulent health insurance claims.
Two of the claims stemmed from auto accidents, the Florida Department of Financial Services said.
A DFS fraud investigator wrote in an arrest affidavit in June that investigators had determined that Torey Jermaine Keith, 49, of Mascotte, Florida, had submitted some 15 claims for medical treatments that never happened.
Aetna, the health insurance company, paid all of those.
At some point, Aetna became suspicious and notified DFS about Keith’s alleged fraud, according to DFS and Lake County Circuit Court records.
The scheme worked like this, investigators explained: From 2022 through 2024, Keith filed claims using doctored or fabricated invoices from health care providers and hotels. In one instance, his paperwork showed a bill for $13,450 from AdventHealth for treatment of Keith’s apparent companion, Alnisha Baker. Another falsified invoice was for $12,800 from Orlando Health’s South Lake Hospital for treatment of Keith himself.
Another showed a bill for $12,670 for medical treatment as well as a stay at a Homewood Suites hotel. A falsified ambulance bill also was submitted, the affidavit alleges.
Investigators checked with the hotel and the providers and found no record of Keith and Baker staying at the sites or receiving medical treatment there. The man also reportedly altered a Groveland Police report, changing the name of the vehicle owner to Alnisha Baker, the court records show.
“In every claim submitted, a fraudulent UB40 form (standard healthcare billing form covering hospital services) was submitted to Aetna indicating Torey Keith, or one of his covered dependents, had services provided to them to receive financial benefits,” reads the affidavit signed by DFS Detective Timothy Joiner. “Torey Keith continued this ongoing course of conduct over several years to receive a total of $159,557.50 in financial benefits he was not entitled to receive.”
Keith has pleaded not guilty and was released on bond. If convicted, he faces years in prison.
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