Former Sequim chiropractor accused of defrauding state agency
Published: 2009-12-05 14:45:21
Author: Tom Callis | Peninsula Daily News | December 4, 2009
SEQUIM — The state Attorney General’s Office alleges that a chiropractor defauded the state of more than $11,000 by double-billing the state Department of Labor & Industries while he ran the Coastal Chiropractic Center in Sequim.
Marc A. Ferrin has been summoned to be arraigned in Clallam County Superior Court today on charges of one count of first-degree theft and nine counts of making false statements or concealing information between 2006 and 2008.
Ferrin closed his office in Sequim in spring and moved to Jefferson City, Mo., where he runs a new clinic, according to his Web site.
He also previously had an office on Bainbridge Island.
Ferrin did not return a phone call to his office in Jefferson City requesting comment.
Documents filed by the Attorney General’s Office in Clallam County Superior Court, allege that
Ferrin committed fraud by billing L&I for appointments at his Sequim office that never occurred.
This happened, an L&I investigation concluded, 176 times among nine patients of Ferrin whose treatment was covered by the agency, the documents said.
All together, that adds up to $11,538.52.
“We think it’s a big deal,” said Barbara Davis, L&I spokeswoman, who added that the agency has seen fraud cases involving a lot more money.
Another L&I spokeswoman, Selena Davis, said that the investigation was limited to the Sequim office.
Ferrin’s Bainbridge Island office had been closed by the time the inquiry began, she said.
L&I’s audit report of Ferrin was completed about a year ago.
Neither spokeswoman could say why charges weren’t filed sooner since that was up to the state Attorney General’s Office.
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Published: 2009-12-05 14:45:21
Author: Tom Callis | Peninsula Daily News | December 4, 2009
SEQUIM — The state Attorney General’s Office alleges that a chiropractor defauded the state of more than $11,000 by double-billing the state Department of Labor & Industries while he ran the Coastal Chiropractic Center in Sequim.
Marc A. Ferrin has been summoned to be arraigned in Clallam County Superior Court today on charges of one count of first-degree theft and nine counts of making false statements or concealing information between 2006 and 2008.
Ferrin closed his office in Sequim in spring and moved to Jefferson City, Mo., where he runs a new clinic, according to his Web site.
He also previously had an office on Bainbridge Island.
Ferrin did not return a phone call to his office in Jefferson City requesting comment.
Documents filed by the Attorney General’s Office in Clallam County Superior Court, allege that
Ferrin committed fraud by billing L&I for appointments at his Sequim office that never occurred.
This happened, an L&I investigation concluded, 176 times among nine patients of Ferrin whose treatment was covered by the agency, the documents said.
All together, that adds up to $11,538.52.
“We think it’s a big deal,” said Barbara Davis, L&I spokeswoman, who added that the agency has seen fraud cases involving a lot more money.
Another L&I spokeswoman, Selena Davis, said that the investigation was limited to the Sequim office.
Ferrin’s Bainbridge Island office had been closed by the time the inquiry began, she said.
L&I’s audit report of Ferrin was completed about a year ago.
Neither spokeswoman could say why charges weren’t filed sooner since that was up to the state Attorney General’s Office.
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