Continue reading below to learn how auto insurance fraud works, what the common
insurance fraud schemes are, and how auto insurance fraud affects you.
One of the more popular auto
insurance fraud schemes these days is known as the «swoop and squat.»
The difficulty in prosecuting the white - collar crime is often wrapped up in uncovering systematic
insurance fraud schemes.
Sometimes it's done as part of a larger
insurance fraud scheme.
SITE SAFETY — Construction firm charged in $ 1.7 M wage theft scheme, by POLITICO's Janaki Chadha: «A Queens - based construction firm is facing fraud, larceny and other charges in an alleged wage theft and
insurance fraud scheme that affected 520 workers, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. announced Wednesday.
Now come similar allegations out of New York, where Newsday reports that a Bethpage lawyer, William Hamel, was charged with bribery this week in
an insurance fraud scheme involving patient records purchased from employees in New York City's public hospitals.
Not exact matches
The already stretched «white - collar» task forces of the FBI focus on wide - ranging
schemes like Internet,
insurance, and Medicare
fraud, abandoning traditional securities and accounting offenses to the SEC.
«Patients were harmed as a result of this
fraud scheme when they were subjected to unnecessary medical procedures, and
insurance providers were harmed when they paid out tens of millions of dollars after receiving fraudulent bills.»
A U.S. attorney says the Dutchess County surgeon Thursday pleaded guilty to operating a long - running health care
fraud scheme in which he defrauded Medicare, the New York State
Insurance Fund, and numerous private health insurance providers out of more than $ 2.5 million by lying about the nature and scope of the surgical procedures he p
Insurance Fund, and numerous private health
insurance providers out of more than $ 2.5 million by lying about the nature and scope of the surgical procedures he p
insurance providers out of more than $ 2.5 million by lying about the nature and scope of the surgical procedures he performed.
Two doctors listed in incorporation papers were accused of
insurance fraud, including a doctor who pleaded guilty to
scheming to defraud after his indictment in an alleged phony accident
scheme.
White collar crime is a generic term for crimes involving antitrust violations, computer / internet
fraud, credit card
fraud, phone / telemarketing
fraud, bankruptcy
fraud, health care
fraud, environmental law violations,
insurance fraud, mail
fraud, government
fraud, tax evasion, financial
fraud, securities
fraud, insider trading, bribery, kickbacks, counterfeiting, public corruption, money laundering, embezzlement, economic espionage, and trade secret theft, and other forms of dishonest business
schemes.
Obtained favorable recovery for the Korean Deposit
Insurance Corporation to pursue various
fraud related claims in connection with an international embezzlement
scheme
Although you may feel like you would be the victim of such a
scheme or any
insurance fraud, you may also be viewed as a participant depending on the circumstances, and there are consequences to those who participate in such activities, ranging from the cost and inconvenience of investigations to fines and criminal prosecution.
Or worse, the car
insurance company could say you hid the change as a
scheme to get lower car
insurance rates, which would qualify as
insurance fraud and a reason for it to deny claims and cancel the policy.
Even lower income groups can opt for this plan because it's a government backed
insurance scheme and hence guaranteed benefits for your daughter and no chance of
fraud.
In the
scheme of a large claim, that's not a great deal of money for an
insurance company to spend to root out
fraud, especially on potentially large injury liability claims.