The commonwealth’s attorney said a number of people have been scammed by this insurance fraud and it’s suspected there are many more.

It was a couple of years ago when a company called ” Health PMO ” began selling policies, but the prosecutor’s office said when policy holders tried get reimbursed for medical expenses, they ran into a brick wall.

” The reason I got involved with it, my wife was pregnant, ” said Marcus Whiters.
Once his wife delivered their second child at Norton Suburban, Whiters said Health PMO never paid him a cent for medical expenses or delivered promised medications.

” I called several times, never seen anything in the mail, never got any money in the mail. Just giving us the runaround. I figured, ‘Hey, this is a scam, ‘” he said.

He’s also out about $1,000 in premiums.

Up until a year ago, the company was headquartered on Old Outer Loop in Okolona. It’s now an embroidery and screen-printing business.

Another policy holder told WLKY she had gall bladder surgery at Baptist East Hospital, running up a $2,800 bill, only to find out her Health PMO policy was worthless.

5 people have been indicted, each for 70 counts of criminal syndication, insurance fraud and theft
Court records identify them as Stacy Allen Taylor, Sheri Rae Datillo, Marcus L. Lucas, Duane Edwin Jorgensen and William M. Jackson.

Whiters doesn’t hold out any hope of getting his money back.

source: http://www.wlky.com/health/22937487/detail.html