FORT WORTH INSURANCE FRAUD LAWYER

Insurance fraud in the Dallas/Fort Worth area occurs when someone makes a false material statement or reports false information to an insurance company, submits a false application for insurance, or obtains money from filing a false claim with an insurance company. There are several different types of insurance fraud:

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• Property claim fraud occurs when someone falsely claims that personal property was lost or stolen in a burglary, or sets fire to a building to collect insurance benefits, or exaggerates the amount of property damaged in a loss.

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• Automobile claim fraud is where someone claims that the vehicle damage was worse than it really was, or stages an automobile accident.

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• Healthcare claim fraud happens if someone claims to have a false injury to obtain payments or prescription medication, or when a health care provider submits claims to an insurance company for procedures that were not really performed. (The charge is slightly different if the patient is on medicare/medicaid.)

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• Workers compensation claim fraud is where someone tries to receive benefits from work via a faked injury.

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• Life insurance fraud occurs when someone tries to collect life insurance by faking someone’s death.

 

In order for charges to become a conviction, the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you acted with intent to deceive the insurance company. You may have made an honest mistake without an intent to defraud–this can be a defense to insurance fraud. Your ability to defend against insurance fraud charges depend on the facts of your case and having a defense lawyer who will put the time and research into investigating them.