Easy Money = Hard Time
If you could make six figures without working very hard, would you be interested in the job? (I’m sure you’d be intrigued at first, then suspicious, right?) According to an article posted on...
View ArticleTriple-Dipping
When you think of triple-dipping, perhaps ice cream cones with your favorite flavors come to mind. A Chicago Tribune story tells about how a man triple-dipped by stealing unemployment benefits from the...
View ArticleIs There a Fraudster Under the Bed?
For every child who fears going to sleep because of a monster under the bed, there’s likely a parent shining a flashlight to scare it away. The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the...
View ArticleServing Up Fraud for Dinner
Restaurant customers love to peruse menus for tasty meals that will satisfy their hankerings. (Whether a blue plate special or a gourmet dish, they expect to have a tasty experience no matter how much...
View ArticlePesky Fraudsters
There are lots of pesky things that are bothersome such as ants who invade your kitchen counters and termites who silently eat away at your home’s foundation. Fortunately, there are chemical solutions...
View ArticleOverprescribed
There’s a pill for just about everything. In fact, there were 4.36 billion prescriptions dispensed in the United States in 2015.A Miami psychiatrist did more than just overprescribe medication to his...
View ArticlePainful Mistakes
We’ve all made painful mistakes. (Whether buying something we can’t afford, forgetting a significant other’s birthday, or forgetting to set an alarm for an early morning flight, there are always...
View ArticleA Spike in Fraud
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, the trafficking rate for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has dropped dramatically over the past twenty...
View ArticleBenched
According to Medicaid.gov, the government health benefits program is the largest payer when it comes to mental health services in the United States. (And as you know, where there’s a large pot of...
View ArticleHistory Repeats Itself
History tends to repeat itself. While many fraudsters can learn from their mistakes, there are some who often return to old patterns of behavior. A Connecticut man who was gainfully employed by a...
View ArticleSubject to Detention
It’s back to school time. Children and people of all ages are headed to learning institutions across the nation to increase their knowledge, some more willingly than others. An article published in The...
View ArticleSidelined
Not all professional athletes make millions of dollars. For those not in the top tiers of their sports, such as players in semiprofessional leagues, having a second job in the off-season is not...
View ArticleHigh Flying Fraud
Fraudsters often are apprehended for one reason, then investigators delve a little deeper to find out more than they anticipated. (It’s kind of like peeling back the layers of an onion. The deeper you...
View ArticleAvoidance Never Pays Off
Fraudsters are pretty good avoiders. They generally shun earning an honest living and admitting guilt when caught. While today’s “Fraud of the Day” is about a Nebraska man who actually did work, he...
View ArticleLies and Omissions
Omission can be a mistake resulting from neglect or lack of proper attention. Or it can be deliberate (which makes it another form of lying.) A press release from the Social Security Administration...
View ArticleTar and Feather
Punishment by tar and feathers was once used as an unofficial way to enforce justice. Thankfully, our current justice system doesn’t use that form of punishment to discipline those who break the law...
View ArticleTake Care
Registered nurses (RNs) perform a variety of duties for their patients, including performing physical exams, taking health histories, giving medication, and taking care of wounds just to name a few....
View ArticleNatural Disaster, Man-made Fraud
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) makes it pretty clear that only primary residences damaged during a disaster are eligible to receive any financial aid under the agency’s disaster...
View ArticleAll the World’s a Stage
William Shakespeare’s dramatic monologue that begins with “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players” presents the stages of man from birth until death. A fraudster, who used a...
View ArticleNot Quite Right
If a doctor’s practice, home health care company or medical supply company has to pay a recruiter to bring in patients, then you can be sure that something is not quite right. (You can almost bet that...
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