Fraudcraft
Join host Teena every week as she takes you into the world of FraudcraftTM, the billion-dollar underground economy created inside the industry of commercial insurance, most notably, California workers’ compensation, by the tradecraft of fraud syndicatesTM, their predatory tactics against people who they hook, buy & sell like human cash crops in capping schemes.
Each week you’ll get in-depth discussions and interviews with other subject matter experts, thought leaders and angel disruptors, business owners, employees, prosecutors, applicant and defense attorneys, investigators, medical and legal providers, in discussing & sharing lessons of FraudcraftTM , industry leadership influence, and the trajectory of the future with AI. Here we promote the innovative mindset for scalable solutions.
FraudcraftTM is your ticket to see the inside of these schemes, a landscape once controlled by restricted access.
This is the podcast I wish existed when I first began my career. These are the people who have cracked the code on what they love & sharing their craft to help others. Here we shout cheers to the wisdom of passion, innovation, solutions, creations, evolution, revolution, invention, inspiration & the celebration of us all.
*FraudcraftTM is a term coined by Teena in identifying the sources and methods of organized fraud criminals in commercial insurance fraud and the study of the criminology and victimology of these organize fraud schemes.
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Episodes
45 episodes
Fake Schools. Ghost Students. Forged Signatures. $64m a year fraud scheme in California Workers comp
Voucher Fraud Series Part 2 Karen Johnson is the foremost expert in California's most overlooked fraud — SJDB voucher and counseling school fraud — and she's back on Fraudcraft to break it all down.In this episode, Karen pu...
California Workers' Comp Voucher Fraud Exposed: The $64M Annual Scam Nobody's Talking About
Karen Johnson - Voucher Fraud - Series Part 1California's workers' comp system gives injured workers $11,000 to restart their careers. Fraud syndicates found out — and turned it into a $64 million-a-year scheme involving fake schools, f...
They're Cashing In Every Time You File a Claim — Inside the Fraud Machine Draining California Dry
What's in this episode:Rich Duffy went from landscaping to baby claims adjuster to one of the most respected SIU investigators in the country — the path was anything but straightWhy networking is the #1 weapon in fraud investigation — a...
CA Workers' Comp Fraud Syndicates are Harder to Catch Than the Mafia. Here's Why
They don't have a boss. They don't have a chain of command. Half of them have never met each other — and that's exactly how it's designed.San Bernardino Deputy DA Michael Chiriatti breaks down why California's workers' comp fraud networks a...
CA Workers Comp: How Fraud Syndicates Are Robbing California Blind says Prosecutor
The tools to fix California's workers' comp fraud problem already exist. The laws are written. The statutes are clear. So why is the fraud still winning?Retired Kern County Deputy DA Kate Zimmermann spent over a decade building some of the ...
The Entire CA Workers Comp System is Run by Fraud Syndicates- Prosecutor Finally Speaks Out
She spent 17 years prosecuting the most complex insurance fraud cases in California — and she saved the most explosive admission for last. In this episode of Fraudcraft, recently retired Kern County Deputy District Attorney Kate Zimmermann drop...
Breaking it all down - Investigating & Prosecuting Fraud Syndicates in CA Workers Comp
Investigating & Prosecuting Fraud Syndicates, Fraud Rings in CA Workers' Comp is ridiculously challenging so the trick is to listen to those with battle scars. Step 1, breaking everything down to its simplest form. Materiality. Suspect's re...
The California DA's Office Isn't Stopping Fraud - Insurance Fraud Unit Supervisor Breaks the Silence
Insurance fraud in the commercial space isn't a niche problem — it's a billion dollar underground economy that grows every year. A 30-year law enforcement veteran explains the institutional failures inside district attorney offices that let fra...
California Businesses Pay Money to Law Enforcement to Fight Fraud | But is it working?
California businesses are paying into a system they don’t fully understand.Every year, roughly 0.66% of your workers’ compensation premium goes toward funding fraud investigations in California—totaling nearly $90 million annually. But wher...
How the Best Fraud Investigators Think | Lessons from an SIU Vice President (Ret) & Former Chair, California Fraud Assessment Commission
In this insightful episode of Fraudcraft, host Teena sits down with Don Marshall, a recently retired Vice President of a national insurance company's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) and former Chair, California Fraud Assessment Commission.
Certified Court Interpreter Impersonated in California Workers’ Comp Deposition
In this explosive episode of Fraudcraft, host Teena interviews certified court interpreter Gilberto Martin del Campo, who discovered that someone impersonated him during a California workers’ compensation deposition.Yes — a...
Fake court interpreters? Identity theft allegations in California Work Comp | AIJIC vs OneCall
In this explosive episode of Fraudcraft, Teena sits down with:• Mariana Bension-Larkin — President of AIJIC (Association of Independent Judicial Interpreters of California)• Shaddi Kamiabipour — Former Criminal ProsecutorThey discus...
From Violent Crimes to White-Collar Warfare: A Prosecutor's Journey into the Insurance Fraud Unit
What happens when a seasoned violent crimes prosecutor is reassigned to the insurance fraud unit?In this episode, we sit down with a career retired prosecutor who made the challenging transition from prosecuting violent crimes to tackling c...
Defense Attorney catches fraudster attorneys & chiropractor pushing pills on Latina Injured Worker
Just last week while at the California Work Comp Board, Defense Attorney Julia Heilbron caught a scheme by a couple of law firms & a chiropractor pushing pills on a Latina Worker. Subscribe to Fraudcraft to listen to Part 1 & 2 of the s...
EP31 Exclusive Live CA Work Comp Atty catches a fraud syndicate scheme in action at the CA Work Comp Board
CA Work Comp Defense Attorney Julie Heilbron caught fraud syndicates in action at the Work Comp Board in Southern California victimizing a Latina Injured Worker and her USMC Military Combat Veteran Son. Julia swooped in to help the two get just...
EP30 Live Exclusive - fraud syndicates caught in action at the CA Work Comp Board- Part 1
CA Work Comp Defense Attorney Julie Heilbron caught fraud syndicates in action at the Work Comp Board in Southern California victimizing a Latina Injured Worker and her USMC Military Combat Veteran Son. Julia swooped in to help the two get just...
EP 29 Prosecutor- from violent crimes to insurance fraud
Prosecutor (Ret) Shaddi Kamiabipour talks about her journey from prosecuting violent crimes to insurance fraud. See how it all begins. Find the full episode this week on Fraudcraft. Please subscribe, hit like, sponsor us! Kindly support us so w...
Attorney catches Doctor Submitting copycat medical reports on his clients
CA Work Comp Attorney catches a doctor sending him exact replica medical reports on his clients, indicative of fraud syndicate schemes. Patients suffer. Businesses suffer. Subscribe to Fraudcraft & help us expose these fraudsters. Please su...
EP27 Fraud Syndicates empty all of our wallets, every day
Too many people still think fraud is a victimless crime. And, too many people think that injured workers are the ones committing all the fraud when in reality it's fraud syndicates, the organized crime networks of fraudster cappers, fraudster d...
EP26 Fraud Syndicates Rely on Appearance of Legitimacy
One of the secrets to being a successful fraud syndicate is the appearance of legitimacy. Prosecutor (Ret) Shaddi Kamiabipour exposes this secret. Please subscribe, hit like, sponsor us! Kindly support us so we can support our charities – Joshu...
EP25 Lawyers Role in Fraud Schemes
Fraud Syndicates, fraud schemes, need the lawyer as a vital role to file the litigation against the employer to effect their fraud schemes. Prosecutor (Ret) Shaddi Kamiabipour takes you deeper into this scheme. Please subscribe, hit like, spons...
EP24 Dirty Easy Money by Doctors & Lawyers in Work Comp Fraud Schemes
Listen to Prosecutor (Ret) Shaddi Kamiabipour expose why dirty doctors and dirty lawyers in work comp keep doing their dirty deeds. Please subscribe, hit like, sponsor us! Kindly support us so we can support our charities – Joshua Tree No Kill ...
E23 Prosecutor exposes mafia in workers comp fraud networks
Former Prosecutor Shaddi Kamiabipour exposes mafia operating in workers comp fraud networks. Please subscribe, hit like, sponsor us! Kindly support us so we can support our charities – Joshua Tree No Kill Animal Shelter & Stray Cat Alliance...
EP22 Former Prosecutor exposes the identification of organized crime in commercial insurance
One of the problems in work comp is that many have ignored the fact that organized crime exists. Former Orange County District Attorney Prosecutor Shaddi Kamiabipour defines what it is and we go into a several-segment episodes on organized crim...
EP21 CA Work Comp Attorney Exposes Organized Crimes
Fraud syndicates run rampant in CA Workers' Comp. Subject Matter Experts on this podcast expose what they see to help others avoid these schemes. Be a guest on our podcast if you've caught up in these schemes. Please subscribe, hit like, sponso...