A Near Perfect Recorded Statement

A Near Perfect Recorded Statement

When someone is injured, or worse, when someone wants to give the appearance of an injury, the thought, details, and circumstances are usually not a well thought-out idea.  Especially if the injury was an actual injury and caused by a legitimate accident.  Nothing is...
Workplace Injury: Clumsy or Compensable?

Workplace Injury: Clumsy or Compensable?

The mere fact that an individual suffers some sort of injury while at his place of employment is not sufficient to render the injury compensable. Under the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act, and the case law interpreting the Act, the Claimant must prove that...
Pretexting and the Law

Pretexting and the Law

The Pretext Pretexting, by definition, means a reason assigned to justify an act, which have only the appearance of truth, and which are without foundation; or which if true are not the true reasons for such act. In other words, a false reason or motive put forth to...
Video Camera Care

Video Camera Care

Video Camera Care 101 As a private investigator in the insurance industry, I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to assume your most toll-of-the-trade is your video camera. While we all may agree on this, not all of us give our most prized possession the “white glove...
Hackettstown Business Owner was Indicted

Hackettstown Business Owner was Indicted

Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor announced that a Hackettstown business owner was indicted yesterday for misappropriating more than $300,000 in client funds – intended to fund the client’s employee health...

Roofer Gets Prison Time for Insurance Fraud

Columbus, Ohio announced roofer gets prison time for insurance fraud.  Terrance J. King, owner of Home Improvement Terrance King, which also did work in the Dayton area, has been sentenced to 48 months in prison and ordered to pay $241,000 in restitution. In November...

Reported SC insurance fraud rising

BY BRUCE SMITH Associated Press – August 8, 2014 “SC Insurance Fraud Rising” Insurance fraud complaints in South Carolina have reached an all-time high, with more than 1,200 pouring in last year, according to a report released Friday by Attorney...