Collecting BIG BUCKS by Embellishing Insurance Claims? - Don’t Play the Fool!

A fraudulent insurance act is committed by any person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud presents, causes to be presented, or prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented to or by an insurer, self insurer, or purported insurer, or purported self insurer, or any agent thereof:

1. Any written statement pertaining to a commercial insurance policy or a claim for payment that he or she knows to:

• Contain materially false information concering any fact material thereto; or
• Conceal, for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto; or

2. Any written statement or other physical evidence pertaining to a health insurance policy that he or she knows to:

• Contain materially false information concerning any material fact thereto; or
• Conceal, for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto.

 "The Breakdown" 

• Fifth Degree: Commission of a fraudulent insurance act; class A misdemeanor.
• Fourth Degree: Involving the taking or attempted taking of property valued in excess of $1,000; class E felony.
• Third Degree: Involving the taking or attempted taking of property valued in excess of $3,000; class D felony.
• Second Degree: Involving the taking or attempted taking of property valued in excess of $50,000; class C felony.
• First Degree: Involving the taking or attempted taking of property valued in excess of $1 million; class B felony.
• Aggravated Insurance Fraud in the Fourth Degree: When the perpetrator commits insurance fraud and has been previously committed of a similar crime within the preceding 5 years; class D felony.

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