Magistrate Advises Entering Default, Awarding Over $481K In Insurance Fraud Suit

( September 15, 2025, 2:26 PM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A New York federal magistrate judge on Sept. 12 issued a report and recommendation, advising granting GEICO’s motion for default judgment against a physician and his related entities and entering a judgment of $481,233.13 in compensatory damages against them in GEICO’s suit alleging that multiple providers participated in a scheme to submit fraudulent charges for medically unnecessary services under New York’s no-fault insurance law....