October 2015 - Frye Claims

OCTOBER 2015
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INSURANCE SWINDLER IN CROSSHAIR
P
American Collision, prosecutors
said.
rosecutors in Philadelphia say
they have caught an alleged
mob associate with a taste for
insurance fraud and a curious
collection of taxidermy.
District Attorney R. Seth Williams
said that auto repair shop owner
Ronald Galati, Sr. led an insurance
fraud ring of 40 members including
his wife, son, a city official, a police
officer and two insurance adjusters.
During the past four years,
insurance companies issued
Ronald Galati, Sr.
payments totaling over $2,311,288 in
connection with fraudulent claims
submitted from Mr. Galati's shop,
VEHICLE CRASHES COST $871 BILLION IN A YEAR
T
he economic and societal harm
from motor vehicle crashes
amounted to a whopping $871 billion
in a single year, according to a study
released Thursday by the National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
The study examined the economic toll
of car and truck crashes in 2010, when
32,999 people were killed, 3.9 million
injured and 24 million vehicles
damaged. Those deaths and injuries
were similar to other recent years.
pain and decreased quality of life due
to injuries was pegged at $594 billion.
The safety agency produces such
calculations about once a decade.
The economic cost was the equivalent
of nearly 2 percent of the U.S. gross
domestic product in 2010.
Of the total price tag, $277 billion was
attributed to economic costs -- nearly
$900 for every person living in the
U.S. that year. Harm from loss of life,
“When crafting bogus accident
claims, Galati favored deer hits,
vandalism and vehicular damages
from trajectory objects because each
could be categorized as a non-fault
accident for which the insured
would not be held liable,”
prosecutors said in a statement.
“Cooperating conspirators from
nita Maxwell was charged with 14 felony
counts associated with insurance fraud.
After a two-episode
stint on the reality
TV show
“Bridezillas” in 2007,
a California woman
continued to get
attention, but now it
was of the unwanted
variety.
Bridezilla, Anita Maxwell
Anita Maxwell
recently surrendered to the Los Angeles County
Superior Court on 14 felony counts associated
with insurance fraud, the California Department
of Insurance said in a statement.
To lend credibility to his deer
collision claims, Galati stored deer
blood, hair and carcasses in the back
of his shop, multiple witnesses told a
Grand Jury.
STEP
BACK
FROM
CONFLICT
D
on't be too quick to get involved
in employee conflicts.
“Managers frequently become
involved when they don't need to,”
says Brenda Corbett of Sasha Corp.,
a Cincinnati consulting company.
“They need to learn the concept of
'I'm not involved,'” she explains.
“This doesn't mean you don't care,
just that you trust your staff to handle
the situation themselves.” Here's
how:
1. Instead of rushing to the rescue,
take time to objectively evaluate the
situation and determine if you really
need to respond.
2.
If you decide that your
intervention isn't required, say to
employee: “Kim, this isn't my issue.
You and Joe will have to handle this
on your own.”
Doing that consistently will help your
staff become “pre-problem solvers,”
says Corbett. “Instead of coming to
you with emotion-packed situations,
they will come to you with real
problems that they've tried to resolve
first on their own.”
COMEDY CORNER
BRIDEZILLA FACES FRAUD CHARGES
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American Collision stated that
Galati could often be heard
repeating his favorite mantra: 'I live
my life to cheat insurance companies
— my high every day is to cheat
insurance companies.' ”
An investigation, which began in 2012, found that
“Ms. Maxwell allegedly submitted fraudulent
documents and made false
claims to receive more than
$40,000 in underserved workers
compensation benefits,”
according to the department's
statement.
Ms. Maxwell received workers
comp for injuries she received as
a clinical partner in 2012,
according to the statement. She
allegedly denied having prior
injuries, though she had previously filed for
comp, and submitted more than $5,000 in false
mileage forms for travel to treatments.
“I had to do it, Jeb. He was grilling zucchini.”
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