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“Obamacare” scams
May 20, 2013
Swindlers are trying to exploit consumer confusion about healthcare reform by peddling bogus “Obamacare” insurance. Many seniors also are targeted. Pitchmen typically go door to door or cold call. The scams vary, but usually are attempts at identity theft or medical identity theft.
The pitchman may say
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Letting the air out of international airbag schemes
May 16, 2013
Arrests raise specter of unsafe airbags flooding U.S. market
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Theft of intellectual property in the U.S. is a significant public-safety problem, especially in the automobile industry. In September 2010, six boxes labeled “bearing parts” originating from Guangzhou Auto Parts located in Guangyhon City, China were intercepted. Federal
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Misclassifying employees is serious workers’ compensation fraud
May 16, 2013
Insurers lose billions of dollars a year to schemes that hide workers in shell companies
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Dishonest employers fleece workers’ compensation insurers out of billions of dollars a year by hiding employees in the shadowy netherworld of America’s underground economy. Employers sequester workers in often complex networks of
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Prescription monitoring thwarts bogus claims, liability exposures
May 16, 2013
State prescription monitoring a potentially high-impact tool against drug diversion
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Misuse and diversion of addictive prescription drugs has risen dramatically in the last 15 years, becoming a major public-health epidemic. The epidemic has been driven by a steep increase in prescribing of controlled substances, lack of
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Iris scanning and other biometrics block out schemes
May 16, 2013
Biometrics shift the battleground to preventing instead of chasing fraud
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As healthcare spending grows at roughly 1.5 times the GDP growth rate and soon will swallow 20 percent of the U.S. economy, the burden on healthcare providers to slash fraud and system costs ratchets up the
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TrendWatch: new developments about fraud in America
May 16, 2013
Large busts aim to disorganize organized crime
The recent busts of several insurance crime bosses plus an alarm bell from Minnesota reveal how deeply organized crime has infiltrated medical insurance fraud, including auto coverage.
Virulent organized-crime rings — especially closely guarded ethnic outfits — have milked insurers for
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No-fault crash con stung by NYPD sting
May 03, 2013
After plundering millions of insurance dollars, a historically greedy staged-crash ring is fracturing like a clay jug as lieutenants and field bosses are carted off to jail cells.
The behemoth racket slurped up insurance dollars with staggering efficiency, trying to pilfer more than $400 million in fake
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New Law Slams Door On Rebates By Shady Maryland Contractors
May 03, 2013
Ruse gains business so contractors can bilk homeowners & insurers
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2013 — More Maryland homeowners will avoid a costly trap by predatory contractors thanks to a new law forbidding contractors to offer a rebate on deductibles to lure homeowners into signing contracts that lead
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Contractors, crash rings centers of debate
May 02, 2013
FraudWire-Government Affairs
Bills attack illegal contractor inducements, soliciting of cash victimsThe year’s first quarter is in the books, and the highlight action so far centers around efforts to reign in dishonest contractors and bolster state efforts to thwart auto-insurance cons.
...Michigan & New York — tale of two governors
May 02, 2013
FraudWire-Government Affairs
Two states saddled with years of expensive no-fault auto cons offer lessons in governing and issue management.
Michigan has America’s most generous no-fault system with unlimited medical benefits. This treasure chest has attracted crooked medical mills and crash gangs that
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