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Insurance Fraud Punishment: What Australian Law Says
Insurance fraud is a serious crime in Australia, which is punishable by heavy fines and imprisonment.
By Australian law, making a false or misleading statement to the insurance policy that leads to procurements for the insurance policy is an offense of fraud. It may relate to causing a claim to be exaggerated, inventing an incident, or generating documents that are false.
Each state and territory uses criminal law provisions like Section 192E of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) or the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), in the case of sanctions such as the following:
• Up to 10 years of imprisonment
• Heavy fines
• A criminal record, which may lead to the relevant employment or financial organizations taking adverse actions against the person with such a status, thereby impacting his/her future financial or employment opportunities
In Australia, insurance companies take the matter of fraudulent activity seriously and they frequently work alongside with the police to eliminate it. They also have a tendency to hire licensed private investigators to get the work done in an impeccable manner.
Common Types of Insurance Scams in Australia
Investment fraud is not a way for criminals to make money. Even the smallest criminal can commit insurance fraud by such means and in any type of insurance.
The most common types of insurance frauds in Australia are as follows:
• Auto Insurance Fraud: Staging car accidents, inflating repair costs, or reporting fake thefts.
• Home Insurance Fraud: Claiming for non-existent or previously damaged items.
• Health Insurance Fraud: Submitting false medical receipts or procedures that never happened.
• Life Insurance Fraud: Faking death or medical conditions to receive benefits.
• Travel Insurance Fraud: Fabricating lost luggage, canceled trips, or medical emergencies overseas.
If You Suspect Insurance Fraud
• Approach the insurance company.
• Provide information to the Insurance Fraud Bureau of Australia (IFBA).
• Do a report with the police that will become officially registered in case there is illegal action on someone’s part.
• Assign a detective or an investigative company, for example, like AusCovert Investigations, to the matter to derive accurate evidence.
• No penalties if the claim was honest and was withdrawn before money was released.
• Suspicion and a request for the investigation to start if something contrary to the process arises.
• Possible refusal of your claims in the future or payment of a higher premium due to your perceived risk.
Signs You Might Be Targeted or Falsely Accused
- Records are lost or ambiguous
• Claims are unreasonably colossal
• Unrelated individuals report fishy activities
• Remain composed and avoid getting jittery
• Refrain from immediately annulling your policy
• Engage the expertise of a professional advisor; for instance, a lawyer or fraud examiner
• You were part of a well-orchestrated scam
• Your car or house was wrongly implicated
• You have made plans to retaliate in case you’re faced with financial or reputational damage
If you win the case against the opponent then you are liable to:
• Be paid off for the loss incurred
• Get the money you spent on lawyers reimbursed
• Be in good standing again
Seeking expert help from AusCovert Investigations would arm you with know-how to get admissible evidence for use in court and so may greatly increase your chances of success at a trial.
Car Insurance Fraud Punishment: A State-by-State Look
While it is possible to obtain the legal fraud across Australia, the fines in the different parts of the country may be a little bit different:
|
State/Territory |
Max Penalty |
Governing Law |
|
NSW |
10 years in prison and/or heavy fines |
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VIC |
10 years maximum sentence |
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QLD |
5–14 years according to the case |
|
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SA |
Up to 10 years in prison and loss of assets |
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|
WA |
10 years at most |
Auto insurance fraud like the allegation of being in staged accidents is such a case. In most cases, insurers engage private investigators once they suspect that a fraud has been committed.
Have You Been Falsely Accused of Insurance Fraud?
- Have you recently been the target of an insurance fraud where the scammer misrepresented the scammer and you became the accused?
• If you have been falsely accused of filing a fake claim…
… we can help.
Our services include:
• Surveillance (mobile and static)
• Evidence collection and documentation
• Undercover operations
• Insurance claim verification
• Expert testimony for legal cases
All our services are done with professionalism, confidentiality, and the truth. Our skilled agents will use any surveillance means possible and will not interfere in your daily routine as they conduct their work.
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Do you have evidence to disprove the crime or reveal the cunning truth? Contact AusCovert Investigations immediately.
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