Self-Insured Health Plan Receiver’s RICO Claim Fails, Defendants Assert

(May 22, 2019, 2:11 PM EDT) -- ANDERSON, S.C. — Two defendants argue in a May 20 motion to a South Carolina federal court that a special deputy receiver’s claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act fails because they can show that they had no idea that letters of credit were fraudulent and that they did not orchestrate any scheme to defraud a multiple-employer self-insured health plan (Michael J. FitzGibbons, et al. v. Alton Atkinson, et al., No. 17-2092, D. S.C.)....