NCJ Number
154832
Date Published
1994
Length
38 pages
Annotation
This report highlights the activities in 1994 of the Maryland Insurance Fraud Unit, which operates under the auspices of the Maryland State Police.
Abstract
The unit cooperates with insurers, consumers, and law enforcement agencies in its investigations and prosecutions, operates an insurance fraud hotline for the reporting of insurance fraud, conducts public outreach and awareness programs on the cost of insurance fraud, and maintains data and statistics relating to insurance fraud. During 1994, the unit received 409 complaints relating to the crime of insurance fraud, with a total monetary loss of $3.6 million; 119 complaints were received via the unit's hotline, and 204 criminal investigations were initiated as a result of these reports. The largest number of fraud complaints received were for property fraud, followed by workers compensation fraud, and auto accident fraud.