Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter – June 15, 2023

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From https://zalma.com/blog, this, the Twelfth issue of the 27th year of publication Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter provides multiple articles on how to deal with insurance fraud in the United States. The issue begins with:

Restitution Order Can’t Be Discharged in Bankruptcy

After Frayba Tipton and William Tipton pled guilty to committing insurance fraud, they were ordered to pay victim restitution to Nationwide Insurance Company of America (Nationwide). Nationwide obtained a civil judgment and an award of over $1,200,000 in civil litigation against the Tipton’s only to have the judgment discharged in bankruptcy. Nationwide then petitioned the trial court to convert the criminal restitution orders to civil judgments against both defendants. The trial court granted Nationwide’s petition and entered civil judgments against the defendants.

In Nationwide Insurance Company Of America v. Frayba Tipton et al., C095606, California Court of Appeals, Third District, San Joaquin (May 26, 2023) the court agreed that the restitution order could be made collectible as a civil judgment and not subject to discharge in bankruptcy.

See the full issue at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ZIFL-06-15-2023.pdf

More McClenny Moseley & Associates Issues

This is ZIFL’s eighth 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.

See the full issue at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ZIFL-06-15-2023.pdf

Another Insurer Bites the Dust

Nevada Insurance Commissioner Petitions to Place Friday Health in Receivership

Friday Health Plans of Nevada has fallen afoul of Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott Kipper who filed legal action with the Nevada District Court to place it under regulatory supervision.

See the full issue at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ZIFL-06-15-2023.pdf

Bad News from The Public

A new survey shows it’s, like, totally cool to exaggerate damages on an insurance claim or, like, totally awesome to say you hurt yourself at work when you didn’t.

See the full issue at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ZIFL-06-15-2023.pdf

Health Insurance Fraud Convictions

Fifteen Year Sentence in $134 Million COVID-19 Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

Billy Joe Taylor, age 44, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and money laundering on October 27, 2022. According to court documents, Taylor and his co-conspirators submitted more than $134 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare in connection with diagnostic laboratory testing, including urine drug testing and tests for respiratory illnesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, that were medically unnecessary, not ordered by medical providers, and not provided as represented. Taylor and his co-conspirators obtained medical information and private personal information for Medicare beneficiaries, and then misused that confidential information to repeatedly submit claims to Medicare for diagnostic tests. According to court documents, Taylor and his co-conspirators received more than $38 million from Medicare on those fraudulent claims.

See the full issue and dozens more convictions at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ZIFL-06-15-2023.pdf

Florida Judge Slams SFR Contractor for Misrepresentation, Fraud in Tower Hill Case

SFR Services, a Florida restoration firm made famous by its volume of claims litigation and its charges that United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. had instructed desk adjusters to alter their estimates, now finds itself in some legal trouble of its own.

See the full issue at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ZIFL-06-15-2023.pdf

Other Insurance Fraud Convictions

Man Sentenced to Prison for Staged Arson and Insurance Fraud

Denis Vladmirovich Molla falsely reported to the Brooklyn Center Police Department that his camper had been intentionally set on fire the 30-year-old Minnesota resident has been handed a 30-month prison sentence, followed by one year of supervised release, for filing fraudulent insurance claims related to a staged arson incident.

See the full issue and more convictions at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ZIFL-06-15-2023.pdf

The Baseball Card Scam

This is a Fictionalized True Crime Story of Insurance Fraud from my experience as an Insurance Fraud Expert and is provided to explain why Insurance Fraud is a “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” situation for Insurers. The story is true, only the names and places were changed to protect the guilty.

See the full issue at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ZIFL-06-15-2023.pdf

Qui Tam and Insurance Fraud

The qui tam portion of the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act, like that in many other states, has a qui tam provision.

See the full issue at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ZIFL-06-15-2023.pdf

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