( February 11, 2025, 2:20 PM EST) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A New York federal magistrate judge on Feb. 10 deferred ruling on the U.S. government’s motion to intervene but granted its motion to stay depositions for 90 days in a no-fault insurance fraud suit alleging that the defendants, some of whom have been indicted in a related criminal case, participated in a “scheme” to submit to GEICO for payment fraudulent no-fault insurance charges of more than $1 million, finding that the government showed that a stay is warranted but failed to indicate whether the parties consented to intervention....