(January 10, 2022, 10:07 AM EST) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A federal magistrate judge in New York on Dec. 16 recommended that a federal judge grant in part and denied in part a motion for default judgment sought by insurer Government Employees Insurance Co. (GEICO) and several of its related entities in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) lawsuit stemming from an alleged fraudulent billing scheme, ruling that a default judgment totaling $1,645,107 against a doctor on the insurers’ RICO claim is warranted, but damages and interest on their common-law fraud claim is not....