Ohio Department of Insurance, Findlay Police Department and Hancock County Prosecutor’s Office Partner in Investigation of John Blain Frankenburg 

COLUMBUS — Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that a joint investigation by the Ohio Department of Insurance, the Findlay Police Department and the Hancock County Prosecutor’s Office has led to a guilty plea by former Findlay-area clinical counselor John Blain Frankenburg, 50, also known as Blain J. Frankenburg, for fraudulently billing two insurance companies more than $82,500. Frankenburg is scheduled to be sentenced January 27, 2011 in Hancock County Common Pleas Court.

 

The Department received a complaint in October 2009 that alleged Frankenburg was seeing patients and billing insurance companies for services he provided although he was no longer licensed to perform such services in the state. In 2004, the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board suspended Frankenburg’s license for three years after it was alleged he had a sexual relationship with a patient. He voluntarily surrendered his license in 2007 after he failed to meet the terms of the consent agreement he signed in 2004.  

 

Frankenburg pled guilty to one count of insurance fraud on December 6, 2010 for fraudulently billing the insurance companies from 2004 to 2009.

 

Ohioans who suspect fraud or agent misconduct should call the Department’s Fraud hotline, .  Information about agent fraud and misconduct can be found on the Department’s web site, .

 

The Department recently launched Take Action: Protect Yourself From Fraud, a new initiative that educates consumers about fraudulent practices in the areas of insurance and investment fraud.  Ohioans can visit www.takeaction.ohio.gov to read or order the Take Action Consumer Guide, and to stay informed on the latest fraud news and alerts.  Consumers with specific insurance questions and complaints can call the Ohio Department of Insurance consumer hotline at 1-800-686-1526.

 

 

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