Your Employee is Involved in a Fraud Scheme, Now What?
We've talked about what not to do as an employer to help prevent the likelihood that a professional fraudster will target and hook one of your employees into committing...
Pet Scams Tug at the Heartstrings
Bad guys do not limit their scams to defraud only humans. They also target our four-legged friends. Pet scammers advertise free or inexpensive kittens and puppies for adoption on...
Peers and Co-Workers Offer a First Line of Defense Against Fraud
The first documented instance of insurance fraud occurred in 300 B.C. and continued to tiptoe through history, next landing on the historical timeline in Ancient Rome.
Roman Poet Marcus Valerius...
What Fraudsters do not Want Employers to Know
Members of fraud syndicates understand that committing insurance fraud, such as creating false work comp claims, is far less dangerous than running guns and drugs or robbing banks. Often,...
Surveillance Reveals Machine Operator’s Scheme
A 37-year-old machine operator claimed to have sustained injuries to multiple body parts while working for one of ICW Group's customers in Southern California. Based upon no report of...
How to Defend Your Business From The Modern Fraudster
Recently I offered advice on how to detect and defend against the modern workers’ compensation fraudster in an article in Risk Management Magazine. Titled "Deterring Complex Workers' Comp Fraud,"...
Travelers Beware – Scammers Target Gas Pumps
As we hit the open road for summer travel season, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns consumers to be on the lookout for credit card skimmers that are illegally...
Educating the Legal Community About Work Comp Fraud
A key component to fighting fraud is education. Not just educating our policyholders about work comp fraud prevention but also other entities that workers' comp fraud might touch, including...
Get Paid Twice and Pay the Price
A maintenance worker has been charged with felony insurance fraud following an investigation by the ICW Group Special Investigation Unit (SIU) and the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office.
The case...
ICW Group’s Anti-Fraud Team is Top of Its Field
ICW Group remains at the forefront of industry trends, scams, and exposures within the insurance community. Our entire Special Investigations Unit (SIU) staff are members of multiple anti-fraud trade associations,...
