California Insurance Fraud Places Attorneys Under Siege
Attorneys have become the targets of police stings as the result of law enforcement’s crack down on insurance fraud.
Law enforcement is reacting to an outcry of employers and citizens who have been hit in the pocketbook by insurance fraud.
California law now broadly defines fraudulent activity, expanding an attorney’s vulnerability to prosecution. Since the law’s enactment, extensive funds to combat fraud have now become available. The result is that Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys are under siege.
“We’ve stepped up siege and fraud investigation considerably,” reports Denis Zine, Traffic Enforcement Supervisor with the Los Angeles Police Department. “Our investigations are starting to target teams of lawyers, doctors and front men who operate fraud mills. Unfortunately, there is no way for lawyers to spot signs of a sting operation.”
