Mike’s Life Insurance Advice

Lately there has been some concern about scams involving false insurance agents contacting people over the phone. This is one of the oldest types of fraud, where someone calls you claiming to be your insurance company (or any other company you deal with). They tell you there’s something wrong with your account and they need [...]

Or tries to. Anthony Myers Sr. of Mt. Olive New Jersey recently pleaded guilty to falsifying reports of his sons death in 2006. Its unclear how insurance agents found out about the fraud, but the son lives with his mom in North Carolina so I’m sure there were lots of trails. However, is appears he’s [...]

Dr. Ana Alvarez-Jacinto, 54 of Miami is in it deep. The woman was hit with one of the toughest punishments for Medicare fraud – ever. 30 years, to be exact. The longest anyone has served for Medicare fraud to date is on average, 2.5 years. The judge’s harsh stance follows a Miami Herald series exposing [...]

A CHP sergeant deciphered the ledger book of a Sherman Oaks lawyer under suspicion for insurance fraud. It was key to breaking a longtime, 1 million dollar insurance fraud ring. The ledger was owned by Hamid Taghizadeh, a 46 year old lawyer. He’s charged with over 80 counts of felony, from fraudulent and falsified claims  [...]

Texan Brenda Buckaloo-Merchant  was sentenced to  12 years in prison for embezzling more than 1.2 million dollars from Unitrin Insurance. She wrote checks from Unitrin to a fictional health insurance provider who was, in fact, he. Its a first degree felony in Texas. I wonder how she got caught, but it seems a pretty silly [...]