(Radio Iowa) – A Bettendorf chiropractor who pleaded guilty to insurance fraud has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay 22-thousand dollars. According to the Iowa Insurance Division, Joshua David Blunt had submitted false insurance claims to Wellmark on two previous occasions and had repaid the company, but he continued to file factious bills for chiropractic care which was never provided.

Blunt has been ordered to repay Wellmark nearly 21-thousand dollars and pay a civil penalty. Investigators also discovered that in 2017 Blunt paid eight-thousand dollars for a recreational vehicle, but claimed he bought it for a dollar to avoid the registration fee. He’s been ordered to pay that 425-dollar fee on the R-V as well.