CA Corrections Officer Guilty of Disability Fraud

Facebook strikes again: a California corrections officer was recently convicted about lying to illegally receive state disability benefits. After Ryan Patrick Wenker, 35, said he was hurt, Facebook posts and videos, along with his standings in a bike race that took place in May of 2010, resulted in his...

April 16th, 2013 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Counterfeit Comp Insurance Lands 3 in Jail

Three California residents were recently arrested for multiple counts, including theft, fraud and forgery. According to the California Department of Insurance (CDI), Robinson Yang, 44, Roland Yang, 43, and Sotheany “Teny” Hul, 42, are all suspected of making and selling hundreds of fake certificates...

April 9th, 2013 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

“The Noodle” Sentenced for Fake Comp Claims

Eating ramen, cooking spaghetti and saying the phrase “using your noodle” are a few examples of the good things you can do with noodles. Using “The Noodle” as your stage name for MMA fighting while you are out on worker’s compensation is not a good thing however. Back in April we...

March 7th, 2013 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Eight CA Residents Arrested for Insurance Fraud

Eight Armenians from Glendale and Burbank, California have been arrested for insurance fraud after they were suspected of taking part in two staged car crashes. They also allegedly reported bilking about $82,000 from several insurance companies. According to News.Az, investigators were notified two years...

February 5th, 2013 | s, Staged Accidents | Read More

Amtrak Employee Flees before Insurance Fraud Conviction

San Diego County prosecutors stated on January 17th that a former Amtrak employee, who was convicted of receiving over $500,000 in disability and insurance payments after faking injuries, has fled to avoid prison. According to the Los Angeles Times, Wanda Lee Ann Podgurski, 60, was not in Superior Court...

January 22nd, 2013 | 1, Insurance Fraud | Read More

Allstate gets $7 Million from CA Chiropractor Fraud

Allstate Corp. has made one more step forward in the fight again insurance fraud. They recently announced that they were awarded over $7 million in a suit against California chiropractor Daniel H. Dahan and his business, Progressive Diagnostic Imaging (PDI) Inc. The money Dahan made came from a scheme...

December 12th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

CA adds Billboards to Fight off Workers’ Comp Fraud

California consumers are paying $4 billion every year for Workers’ Compensation fraud. The DA’s Office has now released information about a public awareness campaign that will hopefully control some of that fraud and make people think twice before trying it themselves. According to the San Diego...

November 12th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

CA Medical Insurance Fraud Case nears Completion

A California tax evasion case, which is being called the largest case of medical fraud in the United States, finally heard its closing arguments last week. According to TaxLawHome.com, the four defendants associated with the Unity Surgical Outpatient Center –including two administrators from the facility,...

November 5th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

California Substitute Teacher Arrested for Work Comp Fraud

California’s Hacienda La Puente Unified school district has been chock full of arrests recently; they are on their seventh arrest for workers’ compensation insurance fraud charges since January of 2011. Alicia Becerra Ramirez, 63, turned herself in to police and was arrested on October 30th. According...

November 1st, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Cali D.A. gets Millions in Grants to Fight Insurance Fraud

California fraudsters beware, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office has just been approved for grants totaling over $1 million for fighting workers’ compensation and automobile insurance fraud for 2012-13. “This grant funding will go a long ways towards enabling us to keep insurance...

October 17th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More

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