LITTLE CANADA CHIROPRACTOR, CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT, LOSES LICENSE Little Canada, MN A state board has revoked the license of a Little Canada chiropractor who was charged with raping a 27-year-old patient as she lay on his massage table. The Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners on Tuesday revoked the license of Paul David Thompson, 54, who practiced at 11 E. Little Canada Road. Thompson, of Vadnais Heights, "admits that he had sexual intercourse with a patient while providing chiropractic care to that patient." according to a revocation order issued by the board. Thompson agreed to the revocation. If convicted of the charges, third- and fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct Thompson would not be able to work as a chiropractor again. according to state law. If he is not convicted, Thompson may apply for a renewed license "no sooner than 10 years from the date of this order." the board wrote. The woman told police the incident occurred May 8 as she was lying on her back in a gown. Thompson took his clothes off and climbed atop her, she said. Thompson has been disciplined three other times in 1991,2005 and 2007 for inappropriate touching or personal remarks to a female patient His next court hearing is scheduled for July 11. Thompson's attorney, Andrew Small, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment. Source: http://www.twincities.com/ CHIROPRACTOR SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR INSURANCE FRAUD Aug. 09—A chiropractor from Parkland was sentenced to four years and four months in federal prison Friday for his role in a staged accident insurance fraud conspiracy in South Florida. Lawrence Schechtman, 46, was also ordered to pay more than $2.4 million in restitution, his attorney Alvin Entin confirmed. In December, Schechtman pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud conspiracy and four counts of mail fraud that occurred between 2009 and 2012. Federal prosecutors said that Schechtman, who worked at clinics in Palm Springs and Miami, signed off on treatments for people who fraudulently claimed they were accident victims as part of a staged-accident fraud ring that operated in several counties. Investigators said they recorded co-conspirators damaging vehicles with sledgehammers before the people they recruited to pretend to be "victims" called authorities. The fraud began in late 2006 and went on until December 2012. Entin asked U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra to recommend that Schechtman, who suffers from heart and back problems, be allowed to serve his prison term at the Federal Medical Center prison in But-ner, N.C. The judge agreed and gave Schechtman two months to turn himself in and begin serving his punishment. Also on Friday, Marra sentenced Sircy Sacerio, also known as Sisi or Sircy Santos, 31, of Palm Springs, to four years in federal prison. Sacerio, who worked as a receptionist and office assistant, pleaded guilty to mail fraud conspiracy and five counts of mail fraud, prosecutors said. Sacerio was ordered to pay more than $1.14 million in restitution. Clinic owners submitted false insurance claims through 21 chiropractic clinics that were owned and controlled by members of the conspiracy and got medical professionals, including Schechtman, to prescribe and bill for unnecessary treatments or services that were not actually provided, investigators said. So far, Operation Sledgehammer has charged 92 defendants in federal and state court, and federal judges have ordered defendants to pay more than $5 million in restitution to insurance companies, officials said. Source: http://insurancenewsnetcom/ Pass on the information to inform other D.C. s about events that are really happening to chiropractors. For further information, fax 1-305-716-9212. Write us at [email protected] or #CO138, 8619 NW 68th St., Miami, FL 33166.
