Insurance fraud is not a victimless crime, we all eventually pay for this crime because insurance companies pass along the cost to policyholders. The National Insurance Crime Bureau estimated that during the year of 2000 workers’ compensation insurance fraud was the fastest-growing insurance crime in the United States costing the insurance industry $5 billion per year. Insurance fraud is often a white-collar crime committed by medical clinics, law offices and even in the case of workers compensation even employers. Insurance fraud is often carried out by organized crime groups. Doctors, lawyers employers and individuals often work together and even recruit … Continue reading →