NORTH REGION

The North Region consists of one field office and one resident agent office. The two squads, located in Jacksonville and Ocala, investigate a wide variety of crimes that comprise insurance fraud. The Jacksonville Field Office handles cases in Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Nassau, St. Johns, Suwannee, and Union Counties. The Ocala resident agent office handles cases located in the counties of Dixie, Marion, Citrus, Putnam, Flagler, Alachua, Gilchrist, and Levy.

North Region Commander
Captain Brian McCoy

Captain Brian McCoy supervises the Jacksonville Field Office and the Ocala resident agent office. Brian McCoy is a graduate of Nova University holding a master’s degree in public administration/criminal justice, a bachelor’s degree in public administration/criminal justice from Saint Thomas University, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Ashford University.

Captain McCoy joined the Division as an investigator on November 10, 2003 and he has been investigating healthcare provider fraud. He was promoted to lieutenant in July of 2008 and then to captain in November of 2009. Prior to joining the Division he worked as the coordinator of public safety programs for the Institute of Public Safety at Broward Community College. He spent five years with Motorola as a security manager and 25 years with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department where he retired as a detective sergeant. During his time with Fort Lauderdale he was a sergeant with the Metropolitan Intelligence Unit (MIU), a multi agency task force investigating organized criminal organizations where he supervised the strategic intelligence unit and analytical function. He supervised a 30 man SWAT team, with responsibilities for budgeting, training and full SWAT operations. He also served as chairman of the Florida Intelligence Unit. He is a Florida state certified instructor and taught as an adjunct professor at Florida International University for five years.

Lieutenant Kevin Jones

Kevin Jones has more than 30 years as a sworn law enforcement officer. He came to the Division of Insurance Fraud on July 19, 2004, and has been assigned to the Jacksonville Field Office since. He was initially tasked with investigating workers’ compensation fraud; he later did general fraud and worked as a member of a mortgage task force with the FBI. He was promoted to lieutenant in April of 2010 and he currently supervises the Jacksonville and Ocala offices. Prior to coming to the Division, he spent more than twenty years with the New York City Police Department where he retired as a Detective Sergeant in December 2003. Before joining the NYPD, he worked for the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division where he was assigned to the White House detail. Kevin is a graduate of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City and holds a Bachelors Degree in Security/Business Management.

North Region Statistics

Regional statistics for this fiscal year through third quarter 2012: the detectives completed 63 presentations for prosecution, 58 arrests. In addition, the squad obtained 62 convictions resulting in $5,670,168.18 in court ordered restitution and $111,975.74 in court ordered investigative costs.

North Region Case Highlights

• Christopher Koepke, of Jacksonville, was arrested in March after a joint investigation involving DIF, the Division of State Fire Marshal’s Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigations, Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department, the Jacksonville Sherriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms determined that Koepke set fire to five vehicles and an apartment building in an attempt to commit insurance fraud. On September 15, 2011, Jacksonville Fire Rescue responded to a fire at the Columns Apartment Complex on Laurina St. in Jacksonville. The investigation revealed that Koepke intentionally set the fires, hoping to collect insurance money on the damage to the contents of his apartment from the fire. The fires caused more than $200,000 in damage. Koepke was arrested and booked into the Duval County Jail on five counts of second-degree arson to a vehicle, one count of first-degree arson to a dwelling and one count of insurance fraud. If convicted, Koepke could face up to 135 years in prison.