Mr.
Schiff: More than 30 people caught
in an Insurance Fraud case. FBI Special
Agent Terry Nestor in Philadelphia
says they staged accidents, had a
clinic, and billed insurance companies
for services not provided...
Ms. Nestor: "The whole thing
was corrupt and we were getting this
information basically that the same
people were doing the same frauds
over and over."
Mr. Schiff: Nestor
says the FBI worked with insurance
companies...
Ms. Nestor: "They have fraud
units set up and when they get information
that they perceive a fraud is going
they contact the FBI and they present
what they have to the FBI."
Mr. Schiff:
Nestor says the FBI began "Staged
Impact," a sting where patients
came to a phony clinic but didn't
receive treatment...
Ms. Nestor: "When they got
to the clinic it was explained to
them that the clinic was a fraud and
all they would do was produce medical
bills and these medical bills would
go to the insurance companies and
they would be able to profit by getting
a settlement check at the end."
Mr. Schiff:
Insurance companies lost about $1.5
million in settlement claims and about
$300,000 in medical bills. The fraudsters
convicted have to pay them back. I'm
Neal Schiff of the Bureau and that's
the FBI's Closed Case of the Week."
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