Houston is number 1 in Texas for the number of questionable insurance claims reported and number 4 in the nation for staged accidents. It is estimated that fraud cost the insurance industry more than $80 billion dollars a year.
Matthew Perrone has published an artilce on this topic through the Associated Press. Congressional investigators said Wednesday two-thirds of the U.S. health insurance industry used a faulty database that overcharged patients for seeing doctors outside their insurance network, costing Americans billions of dollars in inflated medical bills. The flawed database is operated by Ingenix, a … Use of faulty insurance data ‘pervasive’
The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, the National Insurance Crime Bureau and other organizations oppose California’s plan to reclassify most insurance-related crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. In a joint letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the groups said such crimes merit “serious consequences” and warned that reducing penalties could lure organized fraud groups to operate in the … Cali Groups Oppose Insurance Crime Reclassification
By Mike Cronin TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, January 2, 2008 So Allegheny County police accuse a McKeesport couple of swindling three car insurance companies out of roughly $20,000. Who cares? Everyone should, says Ralph Burnham, executive director of the Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority. “It’s a crime we all pay for, because the losses incurred by insurance … Fraud increases average insurance bill $300
MUNCIE — Kenneth Allen, his sister, Vanessa Allen Hatcher, and others are accused of setting a series of house fires in a large-scale arson-for-insurance scheme. More than a dozen suspects, including private insurance adjuster Douglas Haynes, have been charged with arson or using arson to commit mail fraud. The scheme involved dozens of homes in … Fires at vacant houses/arson scheme busted up
The executive director of the North Dakota State Workers’ Compensation agency and an agency investigator were released after their first court appearances last week on felony charges involving questionable spending and possible illegal use of driver’s license photos. Advertisement Tough Placement? Ask your broker for the answer from James River Insurance Company. Workforce Safety and … N.D. Workers Comp Officials Appear in Court on Felony Charges
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ALBANY — County Judge Stephen W. Herrick this morning accused the central witness in a mammoth insurance fraud case of lying on the stand and creating a situation where the jury discredited everything he said. While Herrick said he believed Willie Cook testified “substantially truthfully” over the course of the trial, he cited two lies … NY Insurance fraud witness gets more time
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 THE SAGINAW NEWS MIDLAND — A Midland County chiropractor is facing fraud charges. Court authorities on Friday arraigned Frederick Knochel on six counts of insurance fraud, said State Police Trooper Dave Rivard of the Bay City Post. Post detectives and investigators for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan conducted a six-month … Chiropractor arraigned in fraud case
The head of North Dakota’s workers compensation agency and the agency’s top investigator should be suspended from their jobs. That’s the opinion of Governor John Hoeven after today’s news that the head of what’s called the Workforce Safety and Insurance agency and its top fraud investigator have been charged with felonies. Director Sandy Blunt and … Criminal Charges Filed Against WSI Director
SAGINAW — A judge ruled Thursday that there is enough evidence for a former mayor charged with arson and insurance fraud in the burning of her 1986 Mercedes-Benz to stand trial in the case. Wilmer Jones Ham, who serves on the City Council and as mayor pro tem, was bound over for trial in Saginaw … Saginaws ex mayor to be tried in fraud case
California’s insurance fraud bureau leads the nation in criminal convictions with more than a third of all convictions generated by those state agencies across the U.S., according to a study released Thursday. The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud said the study is a barometer of the nation’s annual progress against insurance fraud, which mounts up to … Study reports Cali fraud bureau No. 1 in convictions