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DIFI Fraud Unit Investigation Results in Conviction for $1.8 Million Insurance Fraud

On October 26, 2020, Nicholas Scaffidi, 39, was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court for his role in coordinating an elaborate $1.8 million insurance fraud against Blue Cross-Blue Shield (BCBS) of Arizona. Scaffidi was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $820,016.26 in restitution and fines of $3,331.00. Scaffidi’s conviction caps an