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Florida Sweeps Out Workers' Comp Fraud

In what may become an annual rite, Florida's Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) conducted a statewide, three-day fraud sweep in late January.

By Joan E. Collier, Joan E. Collier | Updated on February 20, 2008

In what may become an annual rite, Florida’s Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) conducted a statewide, three-day fraud sweep in late January. The operation, which stretched from Pensacola to Miami, drew upon staff at the various regional offices of the DIF and involved months-long investigations with millions of dollars in potential losses. Of the 84 individuals targeted for suspicion of various forms of insurance fraud, including health, life, auto, property and workers’ compensation insurance, the teams succeeded in bringing charges against 62 of them. Twenty-one of these suspects were charged with workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

“Insurance fraud causes real financial pain and hurts Florida’s families, businesses, and communities,” said Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, who oversees the state Department of Financial Services and initiated the January sweeps last year. “Criminals need to know that we will not tolerate insurance fraud of any kind and we will aggressively pursue those who commit fraud against innocent Floridians.”

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