Fraud Warning Workers Comp

Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of loss or benefit with the intent to defraud or deceive any insurer is guilty of a crime and may be subject to criminal and civil penalties and denial of insurance benefits.

APPLICABLE IN: AL, AZ, CO, DE, DC, FL, ID, IN, KY, LA, ME, MD, NM, RI, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION STATE LAW REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT TO APPEAR ON THIS FORM. ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY PRESENTS A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT CLAIM FOR PAYMENT OF LOSS OR BENEFIT WITH THE INTENT TO DEFRAUD OR DECEIVE ANY INSURER IS GUILTY OF A CRIME AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES AND DENIAL OF INSURANCE BENEFITS.

APPLICABLE IN ALASKA

A person who knowingly and with intent to injure, defraud, or deceive an insurance company files a claim containing false, incomplete, or misleading information may be prosecuted under state law.

APPLICABLE IN ARKANSAS

Any person or entity who willfully and knowingly makes any material false statement or representation or who willfully and knowingly omits or conceals any material information, or who willfully and knowingly employs any device, scheme or artifice for the purpose of: 1. obtaining any benefit or payment, or 2. defeating or wrongfully decreasing any claim for benefit or payment or 3. obtaining or avoiding workers' compensation coverage or avoiding payment of the proper insurance premium (or who aids and abets for either said purpose), under this chapter shall be guilty of a Class D. felony. Fifty percent (50%) of any criminal fine imposed and collected under this subdivision or subdivision (a)(2) of this section shall be paid and allocated in accordance with applicable law to the Death and Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund administered by the Workers' Compensation Commission.

APPLICABLE IN CALIFORNIA

Any person who makes or causes to be made any knowingly false or fraudulent material statement or material representation for the purpose of obtaining or denying workers compensation benefits or payments is guilty of a felony.

APPLICABLE IN MINNESOTA

A person who, with the intent to defraud, receives workers' compensation benefits to which a person is not entitled by knowingly misrepresenting, misstating, or failing to disclose any material fact is guilty of theft and shall be sentenced pursuant to s 609.52, subdivision 3.

APPLICABLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Any person who, with a purpose to injure, defraud, or deceive any insurance company, files a statement of claim containing any false, incomplete, or misleading information is subject to prosecution and punishment for insurance fraud, as provided in RSA 638:20.

APPLICABLE IN NEW JERSEY

Any person who includes any false or misleading information on an application for an insurance policy is subject to criminal and civil penalties.

APPLICABLE IN NEW YORK

Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or other person files an application for insurance or statement of claim containing any materially false information, or conceals for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto, commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime, and shall also be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars and the stated value of the claim for each such violation.

APPLICABLE IN OHIO

Any person who, with intent to defraud or knowing that he/she is facilitating a fraud against an insurer, submits an application or files a claim containing a false or deceptive statement is guilty of insurance fraud.

APPLICABLE IN OKLAHOMA

Any person or entity who makes any material false statement or representation, who willfully and knowingly omits or conceals any material information, or who employs any device, scheme, or artifice, or who aids and abets any person for the purpose of:

obtaining any benefit or payment,
increasing any claim for benefit or payment, or
obtaining workers' compensation coverage under this act, shall be guilty of a felony punishable pursuant to Section 1663 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. [OK ST T. 85A § 6]

APPLICABLE IN PENNSYLVANIA

Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or other person files an application for insurance or statement of claim containing any materially false information or conceals for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime and subjects a person to criminal and civil penalties.

APPLICABLE IN UTAH

Any person who knowingly presents false or fraudulent underwriting information, files or causes to be filed a false or fraudulent claim for disability compensation or medical benefits, or submits a false or fraudulent report or billing for health care fees or other professional services is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in state prison.

APPLICABLE IN PUERTO RICO

Any person who knowingly and with the intention of defrauding presents false information in an insurance application, or presents, helps, or causes the presentation of a fraudulent claim for the payment of a loss or any other benefit, or presents more than one claim for the same damage or loss, shall incur a felony and, upon conviction, shall be sanctioned for each violation with the penalty of a fine of not less than five thousand ($5,000) dollars and not more than ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, or a fixed term of imprisonment for three (3) years, or both penalties. If aggravating circumstance are present, the penalty thus established may be increased to a maximum of five (5) years; if extenuating circumstances are present, it may be reduced to a minimum of two (2) years."