Bankruptcy Filings Review A Necessary Step to a Thorough Claims Investigation

The reports of a down-turn in the U.S. economy results in an increase in bankruptcy filings and the filing of fraudulent insurance claims. The bankruptcy stops creditors from harassing the Petitioner and insurance fraud gives him or her the ability to quickly obtain funds with little risk.

Although reports indicate that the US Trustee has increased its reports of fraud to prosecutors, the number of

Insurance fraud is seen as such a minor crime that a lawyer claimed, as a defense to a murder charge, that "it was only insurance fraud." The fight against insurance fraud will continue unabated and without success, as long as the public and lawyers consider it to be so proper that it would be a defense to a more serious crime.

Defense Attorney Diamond''s argument in People v. Golay & Rutterschmidt (the "Black Widows" case) is one of the reasons why insurance