Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter Volume 26 Issue 1

The first issue of the twenty sixth year of publication is available as an Adobe .pdf document at with this issue and the December 15, 2021 issues of ZIFL here. The issue includes the following articles but you must go here to read the full articles and the full 24 page issue of Zalma's Insurance fraud Letter.

State Farm & Allstate Fight Fraudsters With Qui Tam Suits

It Is Essential That Insurers Are Proactive Against Insurance Fraud

Insurance companies are the victims of billions of dollars every year from insurance fraudsters. They have found that states and police agencies are either unable or unwilling to prosecute those who defraud insurers. In The People ex rel. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Sonny Rubin et al., G059509, California Court of Appeals, Fourth District, Third Division (December 14, 2021) State Farm has taken proactive steps by filing qui tam suits based on the California Insurance Fraud Protection Act (IFPA) that allows qui tam plaintiffs to file lawsuits on the government's behalf and seek monetary penalties against perpetrators of insurance fraud.

Insurance Fraud Perpetrators are Annoying

People who commit insurance fraud believe that it is a crime without punishment because no one is hurt except an insurance company. They are wrong but refuse to accept the fact. As an example of how annoying an insurance criminal can be is Steve Ellis Karacson v. David Shaver, No. 21-12100, United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division (November 23, 2021) who filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus. Steve Ellis Karacson, (“Petitioner”), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenges his conviction for insurance fraud and arson of an insured dwelling. Petitioner previously filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus before Judge Matthew F. Leitman which challenged the same conviction. The petition was held in abeyance while Petitioner exhausted additional claims in the state courts [Karacson v. Shaver, No. 4:20-CV-13100 (E.D. Mich. May 27, 2021)] Petitioner moved for Judge Leitman to reopen that case, claiming that he has now exhausted his state court remedies. Petitioner subsequently filed the instant petition, in which he again seeks habeas relief from the conviction that he challenged in the active petition before Judge Leitman.

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Insurer’s Summary Judgment Granted

Another Annoying Insurance Criminal Whose Motion for Early Release is Denied

Health Insurance Fraud Convictions

Medical Director of Long Beach Addiction Clinic in Connection to Four-Year Medi-Cal Fraud Scheme
Other Insurance Fraud Convictions

Excellence in Claims Handling

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