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Did you really think you could get away with it?: 5 amazingly brazen fraud cases

Meet some of the creative fraudsters who thought they would not get caught.

By Patricia Harman | Updated on July 22, 2014

Fraud and the people who perpetrate it come in all shapes and sizes. From worker’s compensation claims that involve several thousand dollars, to large commercial claims involving millions, all of the fraudsters share one trait – they thought they could get away with it.

The most frequent fraud cases involve worker’s compensation claims, health insurance, auto accidents or personal property claims.  As the amount of fraud increases, so do the tactics used by insurance investigators to catch the perpetrators. Insurance adjusters and agents can watch for red flags that may indicate fraud or at least the need to investigate a claim more closely:

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