"Initially, Rosett would personally call auto accident victims using the alias 'Lou' and then email the victims’ information" to the Morse employee, according to State Farm's lawyer. The conspiracy started in 2010 and involved Jayson Rosett allegedly bribing Detroit police officers for accident reports before they were publicly available to law enforcement, insurers and lawyers, according to State Farm and court records. knew they were not permitted to have or use the non-public reports they used to solicit individuals, but used them anyway so that they would have a competitive advantage over other firms and providers," State Farm lawyer Kathy Josephson wrote in the court filing last week. ".defendants, Morse and those working for him. State Farm is trying to force one of Morse's employees to provide information about the alleged conspiracy. The allegations emerged in the State Farm suit, filed two years ago against defendants including Rosett, doctors and health facilities, including Elite Health Centers Inc., for alleged fraud and inflated costs involving MRI testing at Metro Detroit locations.
“Let’s do the police report thing," Morse is accused of writing in an email to rehabilitation center owner Jayson Rosett, 50, of Bloomfield Hills, who used the alias "Lou." "Just get them to me and I will get you more active treating patients. State Farm leveled the allegations Oct. 17, five days after a lawyer said the FBI and a federal grand jury are investigating a bribery conspiracy involving Morse's firm.įeds probe scheme that benefited Morse firm, records show
The allegations, aired in a civil lawsuit filed by State Farm, provide new details about the scheme's inner workings.
Detroit - Detroit Police officers funneled unofficial accident reports to personal injury lawyer Mike Morse during a scheme that cheated State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. out of at least $1 million, the insurer alleges.įederal court records describe a scheme involving a stream of police reports flowing to Morse and his Southfield law firm from bribed police officers and a middleman using the alias "Lou."