Double Dose
Doctors usually advise against taking a double dose of medication to catch up when a recommended spoonful, pill or shot has been missed. (Sometimes the side effects of missing a dose can be detrimental...
View ArticleSome Fraudsters Never Learn
There are people who make mistakes, but learn from them. Then there are fraudsters, who sometimes repeatedly commit the same illegal acts, but never learn that they will eventually be caught and...
View ArticleAltered State
An altered state of consciousness refers to someone in a mental state that is different from normal. (The phrase commonly means that the person is in a dream state or in a drug-induced trance that...
View ArticlePatients as Commodities
When you think of the term “commodity,” things like oil, natural gas, grain, or livestock come to mind. An article in The Chicago Tribune tells about a doctor known as the “king of nursing homes,” who...
View ArticleOfficial Lies Lead to Official Trouble
The Maine criminal code states that a person can be guilty of “unsworn falsification” if they make a written false statement they do not believe is true. A woman from Maine, who officially lied on her...
View ArticleRunning a Hustle Behind Bars
A report issued earlier this year by the Treasury Department details how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is doing with detecting tax refund fraud. The IRS identified 42,148 fraudulent tax returns...
View ArticleTattle Tale
Children are famous for tattling. While the behavior can be very annoying to parents or anyone within earshot, it does show that the child is able to distinguish right from wrong and wants justice....
View ArticleIncognito
Some fraudsters go to a lot of trouble to collect government benefits, but the lies they have to tell to pull off the scam eventually catch up to them. An article posted on WorkersCompensation.com...
View ArticleZiggies Bad Zag
The idiom regarding “zigging when one should have zagged” refers to doing one thing, when something else should have been done. (It usually means that bad choices lead to unfortunate results.) An...
View ArticleWorking Hard or Hardly Working?
There are three ways fraudsters usually commit unemployment fraud on purpose. One way is to fill out the application with false information. Another way is to be lazy and don’t look for a job. Lastly,...
View ArticleRecycling Patients
There’s no doubt that recycling is good for the environment. It helps to reduce trash that fills landfills, uses old stuff to make new stuff, and saves money, natural resources and energy. A nurse...
View ArticleX-ing Out Fraud
The Connecticut State Dental Association is quite clear about the requirement for all state dental assistants to pass the dental radiography portion of the Dental Assistant National Board’s exam before...
View ArticleAvoiding Scrutiny
If a fraudster wants to avoid scrutiny, it’s best not to point a weapon at investigators who show up with a search warrant. A former convenience store owner alerted investigators to his food stamp scam...
View ArticleThick as Thieves
The idiom “thick as thieves” refers to a group of people who are described as close friends. Today’s “Fraud of the Day” article tells about three women who were closer than friends – they were sisters...
View ArticleEasy 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...
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