The annual cost of insurance fraud shouldered by U.S. consumers and businesses is more than $308 billion, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Credit: Oleksandr Khokhlyuk/Shutterstock.com The annual cost of insurance fraud shouldered by U.S. consumers and businesses is more than $308 billion, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Credit: Oleksandr Khokhlyuk/Shutterstock.com

Since Nov. 30, 2023, five Floridians employed by roofing contractors were arrested for their involvement in various, and at times unrelated, insurance fraud schemes, according to the state's department of financial services.

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