Check-Cashing House Ensnared in Comp Case

The owner of a South Florida check-chasing house with offices in five Florida cities pleaded innocent to federal charges in a workers' compensation fraud case. In a pattern highlighted by state fraud investigators at the annual convention of International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) last fall, a federal grand jury indicted 45-year-old Adam Segan on money-laundering and conspiracy charges. Segan pleaded innocent in U.S. District Court in Orlando last Thursday, following his indictment on Oct. 25, 2006. The indictment, which was unsealed Nov. 8, alleged...