NU Online News Service, March 8, 11:46 a.m. EST
Despite all the advances in technology making the information highway a speed ramp of data, fighting insurance fraud still takes the hard work of gumshoe investigators to get the job done.
An example are the recent arrests on March 2 of 25 individuals in Miami accused of staging car accidents and scamming insurers under the Personal Injury Protection policies out of nearly $100,000 in fraudulent billings. The accused include doctors, clinic owners, staged-accident recruiters and others yet to be arrested, said Jeff Atwater, chief financial officer for the state of Florida.
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