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Faked death on 9/11
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This is the kind of thing I run into on a fairly regular basis. God, I love this job!


Mr. Colbert,

I'm writing with a request slightly more unusual than your usual ones. This is fraud from an individual against a company. I understand you represent individuals, but I was still hoping you may have the expertise (and, pray, the time) to help me.

The basic question is this:

Man guilty of dumping van
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Charles Keith Phillips, 44, of Hurricane, has pleaded guilty to one felony count of insurance fraud for his involvement in disposing of his wife's minivan by pushing it over a hill on Poplar Fork Road in January 2007, state Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline said.

Phillips' plea agreement includes making $15,602 restitution to Nationwide Insurance Co. When sentenced, he faces one to 10 years in a state penitentiary and a fine of up to $10,000, Cline's office said.

Setting fire for money
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BARRIE –Police in Barrie believe a multimillion-dollar fire in the city's downtown was deliberately set to stage an insurance fraud.

A late-night blaze in early December was preceded by a loud explosion in a restaurant housed in a historic downtown building that dated back to 1877.

There were no injuries, but more than 40 people had to be evacuated from several apartments above the Royal Thai Cuisine restaurant.

Medical insurance fraud: Health clinic sued by BCBS
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LOS ANGELES - Twelve state Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance plans have sued a group of Southern California health care clinics, physicians and others they say are involved in an elaborate scheme to perform unnecessary surgeries and bilk insurers out of millions of dollars.

The suit was filed in cooperation with state and federal authorities, including the FBI, which had previously filed criminal charges against some of the defendants.

Greed/Death
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NEW YORK - When Basdeo Somaipersaud's body was found in his favorite park in 1998, his family assumed he cracked his head during one of his drinking binges. But an autopsy detected small puncture wounds on his torso, and a sedative sometimes used to treat schizophrenia in his system.

Authorities now say Somaipersaud was injected with lethal doses of the sedative chlorpormazine while he was in a defenseless, drunken stupor _ and then his killers tried to cash in on his life insurance policy.

Recent Claim
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Not really fraud and I can't say to much but I had a claim that I denied liability on. The party who suffered the loss threatened to file suit against the insured. Fine, certainly their right. But then the person came back and told the insured that they would turn over all info to the news agencies unless their loss was paid.

Hmmm, can anyone spell blackmail.

This person even put in writing that the information would be turned over to the insured once the claim was paid. In _writing_... on his company letterhead! Not the brightest move.

Title Insurance Fraud
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Title Insurance fraud is a real problem and under investigation in several state, including New York, California, Florida And Colorado. Anyone who buys a home or refinances has to buy title insurance, but unfortunately, most consumers know very little about the product. Many people have been over charged by hundreds of dollars for title insurance without ever realizing it.

THE PUBLIC NATURE OF INSURANCE --
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Is this True??

:shock:

FK

BAD FAITH IN INSURANCE COVERAGE DISPUTES AND THE PUBLIC NATURE OF INSURANCE -- UNDERSTANDING THE RECOVERY TOOLS AVAILABLE TO POLICYHOLDERS

By Eugene R. Anderson, Bennett Ellenbogen, James J. Fournier and Jordan S. Stanzler.
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II. Insurance Industry Motivations

Knowing What Makes the Insurance Industry Tick and What Makes Judges Tick Is Essential.

I want to be paid for my Loss.
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If my auto is damaged its value will be lowered.

Do I have to have it repaired before an insurer will Pay for my Loss?

Weymouth man convicted in Insurance Fraud
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Now for the flip side of my previous post about the insurance agent defrauding his clients. This news story from yesterday is just the OPPOSITE. In this case a young man defrauds the insurance company by using a dead person name to get cheaper insurance rates. Geesh. Check this one out:

A Weymouth man was convicted today of using a dead person's name to get cheaper motor vehicle insurance from one company and lying about his driving record to another, the state attorney general's office said today.

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