Disability benefits fraud is a hot topic these days. Unfortunately, it’s too easy for fraudsters to slip between the cracks. To make sure that benefits get to the right people, insurance companies spend a lot of time working with private investigators. Today, we at Advanced Private Investigator & Security of Miami, FL would like to talk more about disability benefits fraud and how we can help insurance companies catch criminals using surveillance.
What Happens if You Lie on Disability Insurance?
When an individual lies about an injury and makes a claim with an insurance company, disability benefits fraud occurs. Examples of disability fraud may include making false statements on claims or concealing employment in order to continue receiving disability benefits.
How Private Investigators Can Expose Disability Fraud
Insurance companies often work with private investigators to help with disability benefits fraud for a number of reasons that are briefly listed below.
– Skill Set of the Private Investigator
– Quicken Investigation Time
– Collect Relevant Evidence
Do Disability Investigators Follow You Around & Spy on You?
Surveillance is the top tool used in disability insurance investigations. To gather information about the claimants daily activities, experts watch or monitor the individual. Avoiding detection is critical during surveillance operations, because an individual will change their behavior the very moment they think someone is watching. An individual will behave differently if they think they’ll get caught doing heavy labor like laying brick or building a new deck when it comes to disability benefit fraud, for example. This is why having a private investigator on the case is highly beneficial.
Private Investigators Surveillance & Fraud
As mentioned, a PI will use surveillance to monitor an individual in order to provide the proof that a claimant is not injured, or is exaggerating an injury, and does not require disability benefits. A private investigator can also expose that a claimant is lying in some other way in order to fraudulently receive benefits they are otherwise not entitled to such as a change in marital status or income. To gather this type of evidence, surveillance operations can assist greatly.
1) Surveillance Utilizing a Vehicle: To run surveillance on an individual, a private investigator will use a vehicle. When the claimant is at home, the private investigator will park the vehicle at a discreet location and watch the individual. The private investigator will tail them until they reach their destination if the individual leaves home. To make sure they have eyes on the individual at all times, a private investigator will work with other private investigators in some cases.
2) Foot Surveillance: A private investigator will follow if the individual goes anywhere on foot. Private investigators have even pretended to join a gym to capture evidence against someone suspected of making a fraudulent disability claim.
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