Many fraudulent claims were discovered as a result of these inspections.

The company was also investigated by the state of California for making fraudulent claims.

The insurance industry has said fraudulent claims and other abuses cost them more than $1 billion a year.

About all the authorities can do is fine people who make fraudulent claims.

The investigation began in January and some of the fraudulent claims go back to 1986.

A year later, it paid for 31,000, reflecting what federal officials said was $84 million in fraudulent claims.

The key to fraud control is this: Don't pay fraudulent claims.

He estimates that the fraudulent claims add an average of $250 a year to the premiums American families pay.

If there is a fraudulent claim for benefits, who will be prosecuted?

But the authorities found during their investigation that they were often paid much more by participants in fraudulent claims.