Undercover Pooch Helps Nab Alleged Insurance Fraud Ring

[Kadie]

Undercover Pooch Helps Nab Alleged Insurance Fraud Ring
Chiropractors Allegedly Bill For Services On Dog

POSTED: 5:15 pm PDT August 3, 2004
UPDATED: 6:43 pm PDT August 3, 2004

CARMICHAEL, Calif. -- Investigators say they've cracked a huge insurance fraud ring that included a couple of Sacramento-area chiropractors who were allegedly billing thousands of dollars for bogus treatments.

On Tuesday, authorities said they had a secret weapon in the case -- an undercover agent that wagged its tail and could fake a limp on command.

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Investigators said they've been looking into Baldini Chiropractic for three years after suspecting the staff was billing insurance companies for treatments never that were never performed -- at least not on people.

"What we discovered from one of our other human undercover agents was that the clinic was actually providing services to dogs," said California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi.

While it's not against the law for chiropractors to treat animals, it is illegal to try to make insurance companies believe that patients, like undercover dog Buddy, are covered under workers' compensation.

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http://www.thekcrachannel.com/news/3612546/detail.html

[GOPisEvil]

1. One of their patients was named Laura Ashley?

Wild.

Go Buddy!

[Spinzonner]

2. An interesting tail

It had to be said