A New Federal Weapon Against Insurance Fraud

Fear of hard federal jail time should be rampant among fraud perpetrators in the United States who stage automobile accidents, fake trip-and-fall accidents, present or assist fraudulent workers' compensation claims, or abuse health insurance.

 

Staged accident perpetrators who, in the past, understood that if they are caught they faced no more than an order of restitution and a few weeks in the county jail, are now facing up to ten years in the federal penitentiary. The reason for the decision was stated in United States v. Lucien, 347 F.3d 45 (2d Cir. 10/14/2003) where the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal, in a case of first impression, upheld the convictions of people involved in staging automobile accidents, for violation of Federal Health Care Fraud statutes.

 

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