Broward-linked fraud suspect swept up in $6.5 billion federal case
A Broward fraud case over a fake Ferrari transport company has put Giorgi Kimeridze in a federal health care sweep tied to more than $6.5 billion in false claims.
Deputies arrested Giorgi Kimeridze in April under the name Kimeridze Giorgi on a state grand theft charge tied to a separate Ferrari scheme. Kimeridze, 43, already was on the Broward Sheriff’s Office radar before federal prosecutors accused him of money laundering in the health care case.
The federal complaint names 455 defendants and 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals, with more than $6.5 billion in alleged false claims.
That case centered on a 2024 Ferrari Purosangue that was supposed to move from a Pompano Beach dealership to a Maserati dealer in Monmouth, New Jersey. The shipment was routed through a fraudulent transport company, part of a South Florida pattern in which thieves used fake carriers to intercept legitimate luxury-vehicle jobs and then subcontracted innocent drivers who did not know they were working for fraudsters.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida charged Kimeridze, a national of Georgia, by complaint with conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with Operation Gold Rush, a multi-billion-dollar scheme. The complaint charges him with helping operate two durable medical equipment companies that billed Medicare and other programs more than $1 billion for urinary catheters, braces and wound dressings that beneficiaries did not need and never received. About $4.9 million was actually paid out.
Federal prosecutors named Laura Seiler-Anstett of Coral Springs in a separate $58.3 million case involving orthotic braces, illegal kickbacks and bribes. The South Florida charges were among 12 defendants in the national takedown, and the targets included Medicare, Medicaid, the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program and private insurers.
For patients and families in Broward County, the warning signs are specific: bills for catheters, braces or wound supplies never ordered; a supplier demanding insurance information before any real exam; a clinic pushing orthotic equipment after a rushed visit; or paperwork showing devices shipped to a home that never received them.
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