Steven London Faces Insurance Fraud Charges. Judge Asks Where He Got Bond Money…
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The Boca Raton dentist arrested and charged with several counts of felony insurance fraud had to prove to a judge that his bond cash came from a legitimate source. Dr. Steven London is now out of the Palm Beach County Jail after posting $25,000 bond. London was arrested on Tuesday following an investigation by state officials.
Accoridng to a document obtained by BocaNewsNow.com, the Circuit Court Judge overseeing the case demanded that Dr. London prove that the funds he used to post bond were not ill-gotten gains. Wrote the judge in a court order: “It is hereby ordered and adjudged pursuant to Florida Statute (that) prior to posting any bond, the defendant shall establish that the source of funds and/or property used to post a bail/bond is from a legitimate source.” While that seems like something required in every case — it is not. The order is not often seen in Palm Beach County criminal cases.
Dr. Steven London, who lives in the West Boca Raton community of Saturnia, is accused of defrauding Aetna, Delta Dental, and MetLife out of $157,000. State insurance investigators officially charged London with “theft, a first degree felony,” “uttering a false instrument, a third degree felony,’ “scheme to defraud, a second degree felony,” and “false and fraudulent insurance claims, a second degree felony.” BocaNewsNow.com was first to report on the arrest Tuesday.
Wrote an investigator: “The investigation showed Dr. Steven London did knowingly endeavor to obtain $157,000 in premium benefits from three insurance carriers by submitting fraudulent claims. Dr. London knowingly, along with his office manager, fabricated claims and manipulated treatment dates and dental records in a scheme to defraud MetLife, Delta Dental, and Aetna Insurance.”
Investigators also wrote: “The investigation gathered information from bank records, patient interviews, expert forensic reports, and a recorded statement from Dr. London’s accomplice (redacted) implicating herself and Dr. London in the scheme to defraud. Bank records show Dr. London deposited the proceeds from the scheme into his Bank of America account. Records also place Dr. London outside the state of Florida on treatment dates. In addition, dental audit records obtained show the manipulation of those records to disguise the submission of fraudulent claims by backdating and deleting entries. A sampling of patient interviews shows the claims to be fraudulent and the treatment never to have taken place.”
