KANSAS CITY, Mo. Roger Newman, of Springfield MO, the once director of the Newman Funeral Home in Unionville MO was sentenced to 33 months in prison for collecting funeral insurance on fifty nine people who were found to still be alive. He was further ordered to over 410000 dollars in restitution to three insurance companies.
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 17 /PRNewswire/ — Through aggressive health care fraud investigations and coordination among other states’ Blue Cross plans, the Blue Cross Special Investigations Unit (SIU) stopped payment on more than $3 million of suspect claims last year, reducing the impact of fraud on premiums in Minnesota. By comparison, Blue Cross stopped $8.7 … Minn Blue Cross Fraud Investigations Save $3 Million in 2004 Rent a Patient Scam Dwindles
Four Virginia residents recently discovered that it pays to have a sharp eye for suspected insurance fraud. According to a spokesman for the Insurance Fraud Program of the Virginia State Police, the first rewards for reporting suspected insurance fraud were paid during April. The Sharp Eye Reward Fund pays up to $25,000 for information leading … Spotting insurance fraud pays off in VA
By Bill Harless, bharless@nashvillecitypaper.com May 06, 2005 Taking a two-sided approach to preventing auto thefts, the Metro Police Department is using bait cars to trap would-be thieves and occasionally issuing tickets to drivers who leave their cars unattended with keys in the ignition. Describing one of the bait cars, which is left sitting empty with … Nashville TN police trap car thieves
May 4, 2005 Insurance broker Robert Stephen Rice, 56, was arrested on seven felony counts of grand theft at his home in Thousand Oaks, Calif., by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division. The arrest is the result of an investigation by CDI’s Investigation Division. The Van Nuys District Attorney’s Office filed a felony … Calif. Broker Arrested on Seven Counts of Grand Theft
By JONATHAN D. EPSTEIN News Business Reporter The Buffalo News 5/2/2005 The state’s largest auto insurer, Allstate Corp., has agreed to cut rates in New York state this year by at least 3 percent, saving customers $50 million, state regulators will announce today. With the agreement, Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate becomes the ninth insurer to agree … Allstate to cut rates on car insurance in New York
A local defense attorney says there has been so much publicity surrounding auto insurance fraud cases that his clients are unable to get fair trials here. Their cases, he says, should be moved out of Essex County. Rubbish. Those charged with fraud should be tried right here, their cases heard by juries of their peers … Editorial from the Salem News Keep fraud cases in local courts
BAYTOWN, Texas A Houston-area pastor has been charged with arson and insurance fraud over a blaze that destroyed part of his church. Another man also has been charged over the April 19th fire that damaged Blessed Again Ministries and its thrift store. Authorities say 54-year-old Pastor Roger Marcus of Baytown earlier took out an insurance … Texas Pastor charged with arson insurance fraud
By Jill Stewart SFGate.com Friday, April 29, 2005 JOURNALIST FRIEND of mine recently attended a banquet for hundreds of private-detective agencies, and was fascinated to hear them, one-by-one, introduce themselves. The fascinating part: roughly one-quarter specialized in investigating Californians who claim to be injured on the job. The fact that California’s private-dick industry spends so … Cali Workers comp on the mend
To aggressively and successfully fight fraud, insurers need the proper balance of trained professionals and technology. And they need organizational commitment to fight the good fight. By Frank Cerne, Editor – Insurance Networking News
April 27, 2005 BY JIM RITTER Health Reporter Deerfield-based VeridianHealth says it has enjoyed “incredible growth” in the tests it performs to diagnose pinched nerves and carpal tunnel syndrome. The company says its name is inspired by a Latin word for true and trusted. But in a lawsuit made public Tuesday, Illinois Attorney General Lisa … Chicago Sun Times reports Health firm accused of $234 mil. fraud
teven I. Cohen, a licensed chiropractor who has practiced at variously named clinics at 3100 S. Memorial Drive, appeared in court Wednesday for the first part of his sentencing hearing. Cohen was indicted in 2004 on 527 counts of health care fraud, 21 counts of mail fraud, two counts of obstruction and one count each … NC chiropractor Cohen set for sentencing today