Fraud Busting at 12,000 Feet, The Fraud Chronicles 5:

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Workers Compensation costs are a crisis for US businesses today. Many states have passed major reforms to try to ease the burden on businesses. One reason Workers Comp costs are so high is because of fraud. Some people claim they are completely disabled, and collect monthly disability checks, when they are actually completely able to work or do other physical activity. Insurance fraud is against the law, and it hurts everyone by raising insurance premiums. FraudChronicles.com ( http://www.fraudchronicles.com ) sponsored by independent investigators David Morse & Associates, gives information and resources on how to fight insurance fraud. The site also features stories of successful investigations that have resulted in the bust of a fraud perpetrator. And when a fraud perpetrator is busted, that helps to bring insurance premiums down. Over the years, David Morse & Associates investigators have been led on many unusual excursions by subjects in the course of their personal activities, unaware that they had investigative company. But this case exceeds all others in both altitude and difficulty. Fraud Busting at 12,000 Feet Andy Schwarz, Investigations Manager Los Angeles Our subject had been collecting benefits for some time based on his assertion of total disability. **End Summary** Topics: David Morse and Associates]]> insurance fraud]]> insurance premium]]> insurance investigators]]> fraud busting]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Tom Reitze is President of David Morse & Associates ( http://www.davidmorse.com ), sponsor of FraudChronicles.com ( http://www.fraudchronicles.com ). You can subscribe to Busted,"Â an email newsletter containing the Fraud Chronicles articles, at http://www.fraudchronicles.com/newsletter.html. David Morse & Associates is an independent investigations and claims adjusting company with 45 branches in 15 states.

DavidMorse.com Fraud Chronicles 12: Hey Mister, Put Down That Tire Iron

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Insurance fraud hurts everyone. When someone lies about being disabled, or worse yet, collects disability benefits while going out and getting another job and working, that inflates the cost of insurance for everyone. When a case contains indicators of possible fraud, an investigator is often brought in to find out the true facts. David Morse & Associates ( http://www.davidmorse.com ) investigates and conducts surveillance, and if an insurance claim is found to be fraudulent, turns the information over to the insurance company. This is a case from the David Morse & Associates archives, Part 12 of the Fraud Chronicles, involving a case where our investigator had to go into a risky situation to get the video that broke the case. Hey Mister, Put Down That Tire Iron By Mark Quann, Investigator, Los Angeles Normally investigations don't involve an excess of adrenaline in the blood system. Or if they do, one has screwed up big time. But every now and then the only way to get a product requires that an investigator walk where angels fear to tread. **End Summary** Topics: David Morse and Associates]]> insurance adjusters]]> insurance premium]]> insurance fraud]]> independent adjusters]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Tom Reitze is President of David Morse & Associates ( http://www.davidmorse.com/about.shtml ), an independent investigations and claims adjusting company with 45 offices in 15 states. To see other Fraud Chronicles articles, go to http://www.fraudchronicles.com/stories.shtml.

Articles by Tom Reitze on ArticleSnatch.com

Fraud Busting at 12,000 Feet, The Fraud Chronicles 5:

DavidMorse.com Fraud Chronicles 12: Hey Mister, Put Down That Tire Iron