Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter – July 15, 2024
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This is not a political newsletter but as an American I am happy President Trump survived this evil attempt on his life and repeat this quote from President Trump:
“Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday, as it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening. We will FEAR NOT, but instead remain resilient in our Faith and Defiant in the face of Wickedness.” — Donald J. Trump in Response to Assassination Attempt July 13, 2024
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The Source for the Insurance Fraud Professional
Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter (ZIFL) continues its 28th year of publication dedicated to those involved in reducing the effect of insurance fraud. ZIFL is published 24 times a year by ClaimSchool and is written by Barry Zalma. It is provided FREE to anyone who visits the site at http://zalma.com/zalmas-insurance-fraud-letter-2/ This issue contains the following articles about insurance:
Read the full July 15, 2024 issue of ZIFL here.
Present as Real a Free and Imaginary Oral Estimate as Proof of Claim is Fraud
False Swearing & Fraud in Claim Presentation Voids Policy
Never Lie To Your Insurer About The Extent Of Damage
Too many people believe that having a claim disputed by an insurance company is an invitation to get rich by suing an insurance company. People and some lawyers believe they can do anything to get money from an insurance company to profit from a claim and if they are caught, they will still recover the true amount of the loss. The USDC in Illinois put the lie to that assumption and an insured, trying to inflate a claim with what turned out to be a fake bid, was sufficient to make the insured take nothing and order it to pay back to the insurer what was paid before the dispute.
Read the full July 15, 2024 issue of ZIFL here.
Criminal Investigation of Insurance Fraud Without Indictment Not Grounds for Stay of Civil Action
Fraud Bureau Investigates
Defendant Kith Furniture, LLC’s moved to stay the proceedings brought by Liberty Mutual in Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Kith Furniture, LLC, No. 6:23-cv-01130-LSC, United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Jasper Division (July 1, 2024) and the District Court resolved the dispute.
Read the full July 15, 2024 issue of ZIFL here.
More McClenny Moseley & Associates Issues
This is ZIFL’s thirty first installment of the saga of McClenny, Moseley & Associates and its problems with the federal courts in the State of Louisiana and what appears to be an effort to profit from what some Magistrate and District judges indicate may be criminal conduct to profit from insurance claims relating to hurricane damage to the public of the state of Louisiana.
May 24, 2024
In David Wynn v. Southern Fidelity Insurance Co, No. 2:22-CV-04641, United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division (May 24, 2024) alleged damage to plaintiff’s home in Sulphur, Louisiana, during Hurricanes Laura and Delta. Plaintiff, who was then represented by counsel from the law firm of McClenny Moseley & Associates, filed suit in this court against Southern Fidelity Insurance Company on August 25, 2022, raising claims of breach of insurance contract and bad faith.
Read the full July 15, 2024 issue of ZIFL here.
Trucking Firm Owner’s Scheme to Lower Insurance Costs Guilty on Seven Counts
Tony Kirik, the owner of a New York trucking business who fabricated a supposedly independent Texas affiliate to circumvent his existing firm’s negative safety rating higher insurance costs was found guilty of conspiracy and fraud. On June 21, 2024 a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, following a three-week jury trial, found Kirik guilty on seven counts that include conspiracy, false documents, false statements, falsification of records, and concealment of material facts.
Read the full July 15, 2024 issue of ZIFL here.
More Prosecution is Needed to Deter Insurance Fraud
Thomas Orville McLaughlin II was convicted of committing a fraudulent insurance act, making a false information, and interfering with law enforcement. He appealed claiming several of the State’s exhibits were improperly admitted and that a defense witness was improperly excluded.
In State of Kansas v. Thomas Orville McLaughlin II, No. 124,221, Court of Appeals of Kansas (June 21, 2024) McLaughlin sought relief from his conviction for insurance fraud.
Read the full July 15, 2024 issue of ZIFL here.
Health Insurance Fraud Convictions
Pacific Toxicology Laboratories Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Resolve Allegations of Fraudulent Billing
Pacific Toxicology Laboratories (PacTox), has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims for payment to Medicare for urine drug testing (UDT).
Read the full July 15, 2024 issue of ZIFL here and dozens more reports of convictions.
Convictions of Other Than Health Insurance Fraud
Iowa Woman Sentenced for Pet Insurance Fraud
Read the full July 15, 2024 issue of ZIFL here.
Sarah Rahm, age 39, of Bondurant, Iowa made willful misrepresentations regarding her pet’s medical history and then falsified the onset date of a claimed medical condition in connection with an insurance claim, according to an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau.
Read the full July 15, 2024 issue of ZIFL here.
UK Convicts Motorcycle Fraud Claims
Matthew Shaw lost his claim in the UK in a case called Shaw v Wilde, Case No: F90NlA2-1 a case that arose from a motorcycle accident that left Mr. Shaw with injuries to all four limbs. After receiving an interim payment of £150,000 from Hastings Direct, Mr Shaw pursued a £6.6 million claim, citing expenses for luxury vehicles and business class travel.
Hastings Direct and Keoghs achieved what is said to be the largest fundamental dishonesty verdict ever recorded in the UK, with £6.6 million saved by the insurance provider.
Read the full July 15, 2024 issue of ZIFL here.
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