San Francisco Fraud Crime Lawyer

Type of Fraud Charges

Click on the links below to find out more about some of the most common types:

• Consumer Fraud: Consumer fraud is any deceptive practice that results in financial or other loss for consumers. This is generally achieved in a subversive manner, through what seem to be normal business transactions. Consumer fraud can be as small as knowingly selling someone a defective product, or as big as stealing someone’s identity.
• Insurance Fraud: Insurance fraud is one of the most common types of fraud and will likely be aggressively pursued by law enforcement since it costs insurance companies billions of dollars every year. Insurance fraud is any fraudulent act committed with the express intent of receiving a payment from an insurance company. Anything from exaggerating an injury to faking a car accident may be considered insurance fraud.
• Healthcare Fraud: Healthcare fraud is a type of fraud that is perpetrated by healthcare providers in order to get more money from their patients’ insurance companies. This may include billing the insurance companies for higher services and procedures that were never actually done, services and procedures that were more expensive than the ones that were done, or even performing a procedure on a patient that is unnecessary.
• Medicaid Fraud: Similar to healthcare fraud, Medicaid fraud is usually perpetrated by healthcare providers in order to get money for services or procedures that were never rendered. Because Medicaid is provided by the government, Medicaid fraud costs the taxpayers millions of dollars every year. This kind of fraud is also common among the owners or operators of nursing homes.
• Medicare Fraud: Medicare fraud is when healthcare providers bill Medicare for supplies or services that were never actually ordered or given to the patients. This type of fraud is harshly punished in the United States because it costs the taxpayers a lot of money each year. Medicare fraud is usually perpetrated by padding a patient’s bill with more procedures and medications than they actually received.
• Mortgage Fraud: Mortgage fraud is when someone lies or omits something on a loan application in order to get a larger loan than they would be otherwise afforded. Mortgage fraud is a federal crime, though, with the housing crisis of the past few years, some states are now aiding in the prosecution of mortgage fraud. This is associated with other crimes, such as money laundering, and can be punished with up to 30 years in prison.