CareFirst of Maryland filed a federal lawsuit against a Maryland insurance broker and his brother for what it called a “health insurance fraud conspiracy of breathtaking scale and audacity.”
CareFirst filed the suit Monday in U.S. District Court for Maryland, saying Avraham Rappaport, an insurance broker, and his brother Eliezer Rappaport, a financial planner, defrauded the company of more than $50 million from their Towson-based business.
According to the suit, the brothers’ scheme allowed international patients to fly to America for expensive, specialized medical procedures — and stuck CareFirst with the bills.
Here’s how it allegedly worked: Patients signed up for a Maryland-based BlueCross BlueShield insurance plan using a variety of addresses connected to the Rappaports, paid some monthly premiums, and CareFirst covered their medical bills. After receiving the treatment, the…
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