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Former PUP Owners Drop Suit

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.
The Florida Channel
Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

The former owners of the now-defunct Physician United Plan have dropped a lawsuit that accused the accountants who worked for the Medicare Advantage plan of hiding its financial woes from state regulators, the Ocala Star-Banner reports.

Drs. Sandeep and RohiniBajaj of Orlando had filed the lawsuit in October 2014 and were seeking more than $500 million in damages from Illinois-based McGladrey LLP. Florida’s Department of Financial Services took over operation of PUP in early June 2014, when it was more than $13 million in debt and unable to pay many creditors.

 

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