Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Personal Injury Protection Fraud

Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Personal Injury Protection Fraud

March 20, 2008

A Miami-Dade County man pleaded guilty to involvement in a staged accident ring, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink.

Wilfred Cyriaque, 57, was sentenced to 54 months in prison, followed by five years of reporting probation. As a condition of his plea agreement, Cyriaque was also ordered to pay restitution of $329,366 to the following insurance companies: Allstate, Direct General, State Farm, Bristol West, Illinois National/AIG and Budget Rent-A-Car.

Cyriaque was the suspected ringleader of a 24-person staged accident ring, and in 2005 was charged with 51 counts each of insurance fraud and grand theft, four counts of staging an accident, and organized scheme to defraud, Sink said. Investigators believe Cyriaque may have staged as many as 90 crashes, she added.

The charges stem from investigations by the Department of Financial Services' Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF), a sworn statewide law enforcement agency responsible for the investigation of insurance fraud. DIF made more than 800 insurance fraud-related arrests in the last fiscal year.

Source: Florida Department of Financial Services

 

 

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Technical Specification
Satellite Radio Ready: Yes
Satellite Radio Ready: The receiver is compatible with optional tuners that will receive digital satellite radio broadcasts such as Sirius or XM Satellite Radio. The digital satellite service must be subscribed to separately.
RMS Power Output: 18 Watts
RMS: Root Mean Square is a formula that provides a reasonably accurate means of measuring and comparing continuous AC power. The use of this measure is preferred when matching system components, like amplifiers and receivers.
Preamp Voltage: 4 volts
Preamp Voltage: Refers to the strength of the pre-amp outputs. Generally, higher output voltages make it easier to get a cleaner and a more noise free signal delivered to amps and pre-amps.
Subwoofer Preamp Outputs: Yes
Preamp Output: Typically found on headunits, a preamp output provides low level, high quality audio signal for use with external amplifiers.
Maximum Power: 50 Watts
Maximum Power: The amount of power a speaker is estimated to handle during a brief high-intensity musical burst. Since this can vary with both frequency and amplitude, it is a much less accurate way to judge speaker durability and performance than RMS.
DIN: 1
DIN: Acronym for Deutsche Industrie Norm (Deutsches Institut fuer Normung), the German standardization body. A world reference standard for the mounting parameters of many common receivers ( Head ends) as well as other types of cables and equipment.
Changer Control: Yes
Changer Control: Receivers with changer controls operate same-brand/compatible CD or MD multi-disc changers.
CD Text: Yes
CD Text: The receiver can display disc and song title information contained on CD-Text encoded discs.
Built-in EQ: Yes
CD-R/CD-RW Compatible: Yes
Remote Control: Yes
Detachable Face: Yes
Features
CD receiver with built-in amplifier (18 watts RMS/50 peak x 4 channels)
Detachable, fold-down face with GlideTouch controls and BioLite display
Plays audio CDs, CD-Rs and CD-RWs, plus discs burned with MP3 and WMA files
Bass Engine Pro sound controls with iPersonalize setup options
MediaXpander (restores clarity and detail to compressed or broadcast audio)
MaxTune SQ tuner
12 FM/6 AM presets
Satellite radio controls (SIRIUS or XM subscription, tuner, and antenna required to receive the satellite radio signal)
CD changer controls for Alpine Ai-NET changers only
Compatible with Alpine's iPod interface adapter
4-volt front, rear and subwoofer preamp outputs
Amplifier Link - can control up to 12 Alpine V12 external amps
Clock
Wireless remote
CEA-2006 compliant amplifier
CD frequency response: 5-20,000 Hz
CD signal-to-noise ratio: 105 dB
FM sensitivity: 9.3 dBf