There’s a village called Chitty Chatty in an area of Florida called The Villages.  It’s only about a year old; perhaps a little more.  And it is south of route 44.  

At first this writer thought it was a bad read or just a mistake in writing.  But it isn’t. 

Chitty Chatty was the name of an Indian chief from the area.  Thus, that’s the origin of the name.  It’s not from someone who chit chats a lot. 

Well, a man has been charged there with pursuing a fraudulent worker’s compensation claim against his former employer.  Gregory Fred Kargula, 74, was arrested earlier in this month of April 2024 on a warrant charging him with felony fraud.

The Detroit, Michigan native was working for Carpet One at La Plaza Grande in The Villages, when he visited an urgent care clinic on Feb. 1, 2020.   He complained of shoulder and back pain, according to a report from the Florida Department of Financial Services.

“Kargula set up several appointments and visits regarding his alleged injuries he sustained to his back and left shoulder without notifying or getting the treatments approved from Carpet One’s workers’ compensation carrier, Frank Winston Crum Insurance,” the... Read More

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