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Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter Volume 26 Issue 1  

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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, (\u201cPetitioner\u201d), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. \xa7  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.  ClaimSchool, Inc. \u2013 Insurance Education  Insurance Education from Barry Zalma   

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