NEW YORK—A Brooklyn doctor and his medical clinic have been convicted for crimes related to defrauding insurance companies under New York’s No-Fault Insurance Law, which provides payment to people injured in motor vehicle accidents.

A jury found Alexander Rozenberg and AR Medical Art, P.C. guilty after a six-week trial before Kings County Supreme Court Judge Joseph McKay.

AR Medical Art, P.C. was found guilty of first degree scheme to defraud, four counts of fifth degree insurance frand and five counts of first degree falsifying business records.

Rozenberg was guilty of one count of fifth degree insurance fraud and one count of first degree falsifying business records.  He faces a maximum of four years in prison when sentenced on April 24.

Evidence shows that Rozenberg and his clinic, located in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, purported to treat people injured in real and staged car accidents and engaged in an elaborate scheme to defraud no-fault insurance carriers.

Patients were referred to AR Medical Art, P.C. through a network of paid “steerers” who solicited patients by staging motor vehicle accidents and by offering the clinic’s “services” to real car accident victims. Rozenberg would conduct cursory medical evaluations, fabricate patients’ symptoms, and falsely diagnose extensive soft tissue injuries.

Prosecutors said patients received a standard protocol of testing including MRI’s and neurodiagnostic treatments as well as multiple sets of costly medical supplies. In addition, they would often be referred for prolonged, unnecessary treatment including months of physical therapy, chiropractic care, acupuncture, and x-rays.

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