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Identity Fraud, Inc. Launches Comprehensive Data Theft Risk Management and Insurance Program for Small Business

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Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) April 17, 2012

2012 ETA Annual Meeting & Expo Identity Fraud, Inc. (IFI) (http://www.IdentityFraud.com) announces the availability of SB Core Protector, a combination of the Top 10 small business data theft risk management solutions for prevention, resolution and insurance resources. It provides five proactive layered security risk prevention components, three types of data theft insurance and two incident response services. Now small businesses nationwide have the ability to affordably secure the optimal solution for their various data risks. As criminals shift their attention to the SMB sector; data breach protection and insurance, business security, payment card compliance and small business identity theft solutions provided by companies such as Identity Fraud, Inc.will become essential for most small and medium sized businesses in the near future.

We are pleased to announce the release of our SB Core Protector programs at the ETA conference. The companies attending work with sensitive payment information and touch millions of merchants. Every business has a business identity, sensitive customer data, employees and compliance obligations. With the value of data being high and attracting thieves worldwide, protecting against data risks and identity crimes has become essential states Tom Widman, president and CEO of Identity Fraud, Inc.

Many companies keep sensitive personal information about customers or employees in their files. Having a sound security plan in place can help you meet your legal requirements to protect that sensitive information

While much of our focus here in Las Vegas remains on the risks and responses to the theft of payment card data, we are excited to broaden the discussion beyond PCI related obligations and underscore the need and opportunity to provide additional value. Our solutions complement and simply add more value to the industrys existing PCI compliance efforts, where we are able to provide more remedies to the various data risks we all have, whether or not we are PCI compliant. This includes broader protection for breach liabilities and the nations only comprehensive business identity fraud protection says Widman.

Dr. Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute, states We recently conducted a Small Business Data Theft Risk Management study and the results were very telling. In summary, it indicated that over 20% of small businesses had already suffered a data breach. A general conclusion from the study was that small businesses do not have adequate measures or remedies in place to protect themselves. Small businesses generally lack the resources and expertise to fend off attacks as compared to larger firms. Additionally, an SMB having an attack or negligent error will experience problems that could prove catastrophic.

Every business has significant and real exposures to business identity fraud and separately, to data breach incidents involving customer information, trade secrets or other data assets. Although each involves a breach to data, to clarify the difference, a data breach is typically defined as the loss or theft of sensitive customer information, like an individuals name plus their Social Security Number (SSN), drivers license number, medical record or financial record/credit/debit card, which exposes the information to unauthorized use/fraud. An extract of notable data breach industry reports and statistics includes:

How AutoInsuranceRate.com Can Help You Avoid Being a Fraud Victim

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(PRWEB) May 01, 2012

Although not as highly publicized as murders and robberies, car insurance fraud has recently become a real epidemic in this country. Recent studies suggest car insurance fraud costs the United States $ 2.5 billion each year, resulting in higher costs for everyone. The state of New Jersey accounts for $ 100 million a year in fraud alone.

New Jerseys number of car insurance fraud claims are quickly rising as doctors, chiropractors and lawyers all work together to coerce those involved in car accidents to help them file fraudulent claims. This has resulted in a 25% increase in insurance premiums just in the past few years.

According to experts at http://www.autoinsurancerate.com, the scheme often involves the elderly and non-English speaking individuals. The typical scenario involves a person who gets into a car accident and receives minor injuries. So the person goes home and sees a white van parked outside their home a few days later. A stranger emerges from the van and convinces the victim that they are from the insurance company and the person needs to see a doctor. The victim is then taken to a chiropractor and treated, even though the victim insists he is not injured. He is then instructed to see a lawyer down the hallway. These scammers promise the victims large amount of money they never see.

This is just one of the schemes used to defraud car insurance companies. It is important to know that insurance companies will never come to your door and coerce you to go see a doctor. If you suffer injuries from a car accident, you should always see your own doctor and notify the police if anyone comes to your home and harasses you.

It helps to be an informed consumer of car insurance. Protect your identity and stay current on the latest automobile news by logging on to AutoInsuranceRate.com. AutoInsuranceRate.com can help individuals search for affordable car insurance, obtain quotes and answer any questions they have about car insurance. AutoInsuranceRate.com is a one-stop shop for obtaining the latest news and tips for safe driving. Everyone needs car insurance, but you dont have to pay an arm and a leg for it. Log on and compare quotes today. You will be amazed at all the information you can find to help you become a safer driver and save some cash in the process.







Corporate Whistle Blower Center Urges Physicians-Medical Device or Pharmaceutical Insiders to Step Forward for Huge Rewards if They Can Prove Multi Million Dollar Fraud

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(PRWEB) April 10, 2012

The Corporate Whistle Blower Center is on a mission to help corporate whistleblowers step forward to potentially get huge rewards, provided they possess solid proof of multi million dollar wrong doing, and they are the first to step forward. The Corporate Whistle Blower Center says, “Medicare, and Medicaid fraud numbers add up very quickly, and provided you have very solid proof, the wrongdoing is over a million dollars, and you are the first to report it; the rewards can be huge. Unlike any other group focused on whistle blowers, we will help the whistleblower package their information, and we will do everything possible to make certain they get to the absolute best whistleblower law firm, or whistleblower attorneys in the nation. No other group or organization offers this service. We are specifically looking for executives, or managers in healthcare, in medical products, medical devices, or pharmaceuticals to step forward to cash in on what they know, and what they can prove. If the wrongdoing is in the millions, the rewards can be gigantic, and we will help you package it, and move the ball forward.” For more information healthcare whistleblowers can call the Corporate Whistle Blower Center anytime at 866-714-6466, or they can contact the group via their web site at http://CorporateWhistleBlowerCenter.com

Simple rules for a whistleblower from the Corporate Whistle Blower Center:

Do not go to the government first, if you are a major whistleblower. The Corporate Whistle Blower Center says, “Major whistleblowers frequently go to the federal government thinking they will help. Its a huge mistake. Frequently government officials could care less, or they are incompetent.”
Do not go to the news media with your whistleblower information. Public revelation of a whistleblower’s information could destroy any prospect for a reward.
Do not try to force a government contractor, or corporation to come clean to the government about their wrongdoing. The Corporate Whistle Blower Center says, “Fraud is so rampant among federal contractors, that any suggestion of exposure might result in an instant job termination, or harassment of the whistleblower. We say, come to us first, tell us what type of information you have, and if we think its sufficient, we will help find the right law firms, to assist in advancing your information.”

Any type of insider, or employee, who possesses significant proof of their employer, or a government contractor fleecing the federal government is encouraged to contact to Corporate Whistle Blower Center anytime at 866-714-6466, or they can contact the group via their web site at http://CorporateWhistleBlowerCenter.com





Local Author Successfully Publishes First Book from Fraud Scam Experience

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Northampton, UK (PRWEB) August 15, 2006

UK-born writer Andrew Stevens spent most of his childhood in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), studied mechanical engineering at Wolverhampton Polytechnic and made his home in Northampton, UK in 1992.

He has always displayed abilities as a writer, winning several awards in school literary competitions for poetry and prose and writing a book has always been an unfulfilled ambition. Getting caught up in an Advance Fee Fraud scam in 2003 was just the spur that Andrew needed to explore his abilities as a writer and base a book on his experiences.

The various forms of “Advance Fee Fraud” make up a multi- billion US$ worldwide Scam, which has run since the early 1980′s. It is generally referred to as “419 Fraud” or “The Nigerian Connection.” Andrews book “419: the story of advance fee fraud” describes the problem, its origins, extents and various permutations. He has drawn on his own experiences of being defrauded by 419 scammers, as well as those of other such victims.

Andrew said, Many people have been caught out by Advance Fee Fraudsters and some have lost huge amounts of money. Hopefully my book will raise awareness of these scams and prevent others from becoming embroiled in them in the future.

Andrews book is published by PublishBritannica, a division of PublishAmerica. (http://www.publishamerica.com).

Notes for Editors:

Advance Fee Fraud is perpetrated by enticing the victim with a bogus business proposal which promises millions of US dollars as a reward. Most of these scams involve requests to help move large sums of money normally US Dollars – from one part of the World to another, with the promise of a substantial share of the cash in return.

A favourable response to the letter is followed by excuses why the funds cannot be remitted readily and subsequently by demands for proportionate sharing of payments for various taxes and fees, supposedly to facilitate the processing and remittance of the alleged funds. The use of fake Government, Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation etc. documents is a common practice.

The various laws that have been put in place in Nigerian and other jurisdictions criminalising these offences do not discourage the perpetrators who seek to profit from these crimes. In fact, it is widely believed that government officials in these countries are involved with the criminal gangs.

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Mercator Advisory Group Announces New Advisory Service: Fraud, Risk & Analytics

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Boston, MA (PRWEB) February 17, 2012

Mercator Advisory Group, the leading, independent research and advisory services firm focused exclusively on the payments and banking industries, today announces the launch of the Fraud, Risk & Analytics (FRA) Advisory Service.

Data’s growing availability and abundance are shifting how risk managers and marketing leaders make technology choices, evaluate opportunities, and design programs. As data sources increase, the potential of data analytics to minimize fraud and risk expenses offers improved cost control in cost-sensitive areas such as debit card issuing and e-commerce retail.

The effectiveness of the analytics, however, is dependent on myriad technical and soft factors such as database technology, process integration, regulatory and industry compliance and shifting behavior patterns among fraudsters and legitimate customers. The need to critically evaluate such factors within a rapidly evolving environment led Mercator Advisory Group to develop the new Fraud, Risk & Analytics Advisory Service.

The Fraud, Risk & Analytics Advisory Service will focus on the use of analytics in controlling fraud risk in various payments products lines, uncovering new opportunities, monitoring developments that impact growth, and highlighting regulatory and technological imperatives affecting all stakeholders.

Principle focus areas of the Fraud, Risk & Analytics Advisory Service include:

Fraud detection, identity, and authentication

Risk mitigation

Data analytics

Social media, mobile data, payments, and privacy

Opportunities for growth/emerging markets

“Financial reputation based on credit scores is merging with the reputation of online identities and social data to develop fine grained risk management,” said George Peabody, director of the FRA Advisory Service. “That intersection raises the operational, policy, and privacy issues that are a major focus for Mercator’s new advisory service.”

Payments industry professionals in a wide range of business lines are increasing their use of broader data sets and analytical processes to achieve their market goals says David Fish, senior analyst of the FRA Advisory Service.

“Fraud and risk management operatives will find value in Mercator’s new advisory service, as will executives across the organizations who are seeking insight and understanding of the implications of Big Data and analytics in a wider market context,” Fish said.

The first 2012 report of the new service, Card-Not-Present Risk Management Across the Value Chain, will be released this month.

For more information on Mercator Advisory Group’s new Fraud, Risk & Analytics Advisory Service visit: http://www.mercatoradvisorygroup.com/index.php?doc=Fraud_Risk_and_Analytics_Service

Please visit us online at http://www.mercatoradvisorygroup.com.

For more information and media inquiries, please call Mercator Advisory Group’s main line: (781) 419-1700, send E-mail to info(at)mercatoradvisorygroup(dot)com.

For free industry news, opinions, research, company information and more visit us at http://www.PaymentsJournal.com.

Follow us on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/MercatorAdvisor.

About Mercator Advisory Group

Mercator Advisory Group is the leading, independent research and advisory services firm exclusively focused on the payments and banking industries. We deliver pragmatic and timely research and advice designed to help our clients uncover the most lucrative opportunities to maximize revenue growth and contain costs. Our clients range from the world’s largest payment issuers, acquirers, processors, merchants and associations to leading technology providers and investors. Mercator Advisory Group is also the publisher of the online payments and banking news and information portal PaymentsJournal.com.

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Nationwide Title Clearing (NTC) to Attend MBA’s National Fraud Issues Conference 2012

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Palm Harbor, Fla. (PRWEB) February 29, 2012

With a constantly changing landscape, mortgage servicers are called to meet new and evolving challenges nearly every day. Nationwide Title Clearing (NTC) continues to meet that challenge. As the nations leading post-closing services provider for the residential mortgage industry, NTC has united with top mortgage lenders, servicers, investors, GSEs and federal government agencies to reinvent and standardize the assignment process in order to provide clear and accurate land records. As ongoing continuing education and participation to maintain and stay in the forefront of industry best-practices, NTC will attend MBA’s National Fraud Issues Conference, April 22 – 25, 2012, in Phoenix, AZ.

While NTC has worked closely for years with its clients, who include eight of the top 10 residential mortgage servicers in the country as well as several federal government agencies, to standardize the mortgage assignment document process, NTC executives have been educating the public on what indicators too look for that may point to fraudulent mortgage documents.

According to NTC, the top 3 points that indicate potential fraud on recent documents(1) are:

1. The preparer is unable to provide proof of signing authority either by corporate resolution or power of attorney. A Corporate Resolution is the documentation of a corporate action, usually in the form of a legal document that has been voted on or ratified at a meeting of a corporations board of directors. These documents grant very specific rights, including the ability to sign for the client on specified document types, such as assignments and lien releases. They often contain provisions that ensure the person being granted signing authority may only sign documents on a mortgage or loan that has been specifically requested by the client. A power of attorney is a legal document giving one person (called an “agent” or “attorney-in-fact”) the power to act for another person (the principal). The power of attorney is frequently used in the event of a principal’s illness or disability, or when the principal can’t be present to sign necessary legal documents for financial transactions.

2. The company or person that prepared and submitted the document(s) cannot be located nor is accessible to provide proof.

3. The corporate officer and notary are the same individual or same signatures on a single document. The notary should never be one and the same as the corporate officer signing per authorized corporate resolutions.

Knowing potential fraud is only one side of the coin, NTC says. For comparable data, NTC also educates their clients on the top 4 points that indicate its probably not mortgage fraud(2), which are:

1. The notary is/was in good standing and has/had a valid commission covering the date signed. This is as simple as contacting the State Department handling Notary appointments in the state the notary was commissioned.

2. Signers are able to provide proof of signing authority and are able to confirm that they signed the document.

3. The document conforms to all state document guidelines and was officially recorded in one of the 3600 county recording districts. With nearly 3,600 county recording offices nationwide, each one having its own codes, filing systems and regulations on how land records must be prepared and recorded, mortgage servicers must be able to meet the exacting requirements of every one of these offices, something NTC has down to a science.

4. Preparer is a fully audited, secure and reputable company, evidence by standard outside and extensive audits performed every year. Extensive audits such as the SSAE-16 or the SAS-70. SAS is an acronym for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Statement on Auditing Standard (SAS) No. 70, is standard in the mortgage servicing industry which defines the professional standards used by a service auditor to assess the internal controls of a service organization, thereby offering a checks and balances system within the industry. This is one of the many audits service providers, such as NTC, must undergo annually.

Mortgage applications have continued to increase, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Associations (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending February 3, 2012.(3) To accommodate the growing number of homeowners and buyers seeking refinancing or new loans, many lenders, servicers and investors have come to rely on NTCs extensive experience in property reports, lien releases and assignment verification. Its important to NTC to ensure that there are established, accurate and thorough processes to improve the validity of all assignments in our industry, says Hillman. Educational platforms such as MBA’s National Fraud Issues Conference are vital for us to attend given todays climate.

Hillman also stated that having accurate true data is the pervasive influence that will help to correct document problems that plague the industry today and protect the property rights of homeowners into the future. Through NTCs PerfectChain(SM) Assignment Verification Process, NTC has confirmed with its clients that its processes and practices pass the criteria required by the recent OCC, OTS and Federal Reserve consent orders.(4)

About Nationwide Title Clearing, Inc.

Headquartered in Palm Harbor, Fla., Nationwide Title Clearing (NTC) was founded in 1991 and incorporated in 1992; and has since grown to become the nations leading post-closing services provider for the residential mortgage industry. In addition to supporting lenders, servicers and investors including eight of the top 10 residential mortgage servicers in the country NTC also contracts directly with several federal government agencies. The companys land records and document experts are able to track and fulfill county document requirements for more than 3,600 recording jurisdictions nationwide, and have considerable experience with state notary laws and valid execution practices. NTC specializes in processing lien releases, assignments, Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS

Insurance Fraud Register Could Slow the Rising Cost of Car Insurance

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Ipswich, UK (PRWEB UK) 20 February 2012

A new national database of proven insurance fraudsters is due to be set up in the UK. The Insurance Fraud Register (IFR) will be accessible to all insurers across all product lines and is hoped to deliver a serious blow to insurance cheats according to the Managing Director of the software firm involved.

The project, which is a joint venture between the ABI, the Insurance Fraud Bureau and the appointed software specialists Detica NetReveal, is the latest in a number of initiatives to counter insurance fraud.

When applications for new policies including car insurance are being processed insurers will be able to refer to the IFR to identify anyone who has been reported as committing insurance fraud in the past. Richard Davies, Head of Fraud at AXA and a leader of the project, has said that consumer organisations will be educated as to the purpose of the register and insurers will remain committed to paying out genuine claims as quickly as possible.

A number of insurers will be working with the IFB to test out systems prior to the delivery of the register which is likely to be in July 2012.

Andrew Goulborn, Commercial Director at car insurance quote site Tiger.co.uk commented, For some time we have been calling for the government to crackdown on uninsured drivers and other areas of motor insurance fraud, so as not to penalise the countrys law-abiding motorists. This is therefore an important development in the fight against this type of fraud, which is reported as adding an estimated

Outspoken Diet Drug Plaintiffs Advocates Napoli Kaiser Bern, Join Motion By Class Counsel To Address Rampant Fraud By AHP Settlement Trust

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New York (PRWEB) October 20, 2005

Outspoken plaintiffs advocates, attorneys Napoli Kaiser Bern & Associates, LLP have added their voices to a recent motion filed in the National Diet Drug Multi-District Litigation (MDL-1203) before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by Class Counsel. Class Counsels motion alleges widespread fraud and anti-claimant bias by the cardiologists who designed and administered the AHP Settlement Trust claims screening and audit programs.

What is most notable about Class Counsels motion, says firm Senior Partner Marc Jay Bern, is that it substantively echoes allegations we initially made almost a year ago in our motion opposing the Trusts proposed new auditor training program, and for the same reasons.

Earlier this month, ten months after the Napoli Kaiser Bern office opposed the proposed new auditor training rules, Class Counsel filed its Disclosures and Request for Instructions With Respect To The Integrity Of The Audit System. That motion set forth the widespread instances of alleged fraud by Trust expert Dr. Joseph Kisslo, including such purported wrongdoing as Dr. Kisslo signing his name to boilerplate reports denying benefits when he had never reviewed the claimants echocardiogram tapes, and instances where Dr. Kisslo is alleged to have arranged to have other Trust auditors pressured by himself or Dr. John Dent, another leading Trust expert, to alter their findings and thus deny claimants benefits.

In response, the Napoli Kaiser Bern office has filed its Motion for Joinder And Cross Motion For Removal And Disqualification Of Dr. Joseph Kisslo And Dr. John Dent From Involvement With The Trust And Audits Of Claims Under The National Class Action Settlement Agreement With American Home Products, Inc. This motion not only joins in the Class Counsel motion for Dr. Kisslos removal, but goes several steps beyond, arguing that Dr. John Dent and each of the auditors who was improperly pressured by Drs. Kisslo and Dent should also be excluded from Trust activities, and that all of the claims denied as a result of these two cardiologists involvement in the audit procedure should be reopened and re-audited to assure that the claimants rights have not been improperly denied as a result of any anti-claimant bias by Dr. Kisslo and Dr. Dent.

In December of 2004, the Napoli Kaiser Bern firm opposed the AHP Settlement Trusts Motion for Approval of Revised Audit Rules and Enhanced Auditor Training, (available at http://www.fen-phen-eresource.com/auditor.pdf) arguing that the underlying premise for the proposed new rules, i.e., allegations by Dr. Kisslo of widespread fraud by plaintiffs attorneys and physicians, had no factual support. In their motion, the Napoli firm cited repeated instances where Dr. Kisslo had overruled the findings by Trust auditors in favor of claimants, and argued:

In each of these examples, Dr. Kisslo criticized the claimants attesting physicians findings, ignoring the Trusts auditing cardiologists findings; in each case, using similar language for all criticisms and making no specific measurements of his own. Each of the class members attesting/diagnosing physicians are Board Certified, highly qualified cardiologists as is demonstrated by their curricula vitae. Furthermore, Dr. Kisslo not only disregards each of the class members physicians opinions as not medically reasonable, but by doing so, utterly dismisses without specific cause the AHP Trusts auditing cardiologists concurrences with each diagnosis. Dr. Kisslos findings are substantiated only by his own opinion of what is medically reasonable; there is neither legal nor medical support for his wholesale dismissal of the attesting and auditing physicians opinions. As such, the Kisslo audits are no more medically reasonable and, if anything, have less evidentiary support — than the valid diagnoses of the attesting doctors and the Trusts auditing cardiologists.

It is gratifying, after more than three years of the AHP Trusts allegations that claimants, their attorneys and their physicians across the country have routinely filed fraudulent claims, to learn that Class Counsel has seen the light and taken steps to support the claimants, said Bern, but more importantly, it is nice to finally feel that we and our clients have been vindicated by Class Counsels disclosures in this battle we have been fighting for so long.

About Napoli, Kaiser & Bern

Napoli, Kaiser & Bern, LLP is a law firm experienced in prosecuting personal injury actions on behalf of its clients. The firms litigation practice is focused on mass tort, medical malpractice, products liability, and negligence actions. Their office has been instrumental in the development of new law in the area of personal injury law and consumer rights. Napoli, Kaiser & Bern has law offices in New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Oklahoma. For more information visit http://www.nblawfirm.com or call 1-888-LAW-IN-NY.

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Defective Cardiac Defibrillators Being Investigated by Napoli Kaiser Bern the Nationally Known Products Liability Attorneys

Napoli, Kaiser & Bern Win $ 15 Million Award for Infant Plaintiff

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Napoli Bern LLP Law Firm Involved In Major Lawsuit On Behalf Of Ground Zero Cleanup Workers Suffering From WTC Toxic Diseases

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Gilman Law LLP Announces A Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Against Health Management Associates, Inc.

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Naples, Fl. (PRWEB) January 31, 2012

Gilman Law LLP, a leading national securities law firm located in Naples, Florida, announces a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of Health Management Associates, Inc. (Health Management or the Company) concerning whether the company and certain of its officers and directors have violated federal securities laws.

If you purchased or otherwise acquired the common stock of Health Management Associates, Inc. during the period between July 27, 2009 and January 9, 2012 (the Class Period) and either lost money on the transaction or still hold the shares, you should contact Gilman Law LLP by March 26, 2012 to discuss your rights, including as to recovery of your losses or to obtain additional information.

If you wish to join the Health Management securities fraud class action lawsuit, please visit http://www.investment-losses.com or contact Gilman Law LLP at (888) 252-0048.

Based in Naples, Florida, Health Management is in the business of operating hospitals and other health care facilities throughout the United States. Health Management shareholders filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court in the Middle District of Florida alleging that throughout the Class Period, the Company and its most senior officers and directors repeatedly touted HMAs strong financial performance and growth, its growth in hospital admission rates, and its compliance with all applicable laws and regulations which artificially inflated the stock prices. (Case No.: 12-cv-00046)

According to the shareholders lawsuit, on January 9, 2012, an analyst from CRT Capital Group announced that a whistleblower lawsuit was filed by former compliance director, Paul Meyer for wrongful termination and the alleged misconduct by HMA for improperly admitting Medicare patients. The complaint alleged that several HMA hospitals had won higher government payments from the Medicare program for the elderly and disabled, in part by the submission of fraudulent billing to Medicare through the improper admission of patients as inpatients even though such patients clearly did not meet the standards for inpatient admission. Sharesholders allege that after this news was disclosed, shares of the Company dropped from $ 7.49 per share to close on January 9, 2012 at $ 6.96 per share, a decline of $ .53 per share, more than 7%. This decline wiped out more than $ 134.6 million in HMAs market capitalization in a single day.

The securities fraud attorneys at Gilman Law have over 32 years of experience litigating securities and other types of class action cases, and have been involved in all major aspects of securities litigation. Gilman Law specializes in cases involving stock manipulation, securities fraud, investments fraud, shareholder rights violations, and securities arbitration. For more information on the Health Management Securities Fraud lawsuit or our other current investigations, please visit http://www.gilmanlawllp.com or http://gilmanlawsecuritiesstocksbondsfraud.com. For a free evaluation of your case, please contact Gilman Law toll free at (888) 252-0048.

Gilman law LLP

Bonita Springs, Florida

Kenneth G. Gilman, (888) 252-0048

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Former Social Security Employee Aids Fraud Ring in Obtaining SSN Cards

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(PRWEB) November 23, 2003

Atlanta, GA — Four members of a fraud ring were convicted by a Federal jury in Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday, November 18th. The fraud ring aided by Celestine Huger, a former Social Security employee in the Atlanta region, put hundreds of Social Security number cards into the hands of illegal immigrants.

The scheme organized by Matar Fall, a 52 year old Atlanta man led to the issuance of more than 1,900 fraudulent Social Security cards between April 1999 and November 2002. Mr. Fall pleaded guilty and testified against his wife Malene Diaw, an illegal immigrant from Senegal and the others involved.

Ms. Diaw, co-conspirators Agung Sumbodo of Indonesia, Emmanuel Aimasiko of Nigeria and Amadou Ndiaye of Senegal were convicted of providing false statements, as well as encouraging and inducing aliens to abide unlawfully in the United States. The four defendants found guilty will be sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Clarence Cooper on February 11, 2004.

Ms. Huger accepted payoffs ranging from $ 1,000 to $ 3,000 a week from Mr. Fall for her part in the scheme. As a result, Ms. Huger was convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges and is scheduled to be sentenced on January 8, 2004.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan Coppedge and U.S. Attorney Teresa Hoyt in the Northern District obtained the convictions which received investigative support led by the Social SecurityÂ’s Office of the Inspector General with assistance from Homeland Security, Bureau of Immigration and CustomÂ’s Enforcement, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Department of LaborÂ’s Office of Inspector General.

Roland Maye, Special Agent in Charge of Social Security’s Inspector General’s Atlanta Field Division stated, “While the vast majority of the 65,000 Social Security’s employees are dedicated, honest and hardworking, there are a few unscrupulous individuals who try to take advantage of Social Security and its programs. We will vigorously investigate any instances of potential fraud involving Social Security employees, and those outside the Agency who try to take advantage of Social Security’s programs or beneficiaries.”

Social Security fraud impacts everyone. Suspected fraud can be reported anonymously to the SSA Hotline number at 1-800-269-0271. For more information about the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector GeneralÂ’s investigations and audits, please see our homepage at:

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/oig/