Kevin O'Malley <[email protected]> wrote:
> I do not know whether they are fraudulent because I'm not a police > detective and I do not have the power of subpoena. They seem suspicious. I > would not do business with them. > ***Isn't that a bit sideways, considering that you DID do business with > them and they went out of their way not to pay you? > That was for a small sum of money. I would not bother calling the police for that, or filing suit. It was unsavory, but not criminal. Some large, established companies routinely try to cheat people out of a few thousand dollars. Especially cable TV providers, condominium and property rental companies, and hospitals. People have to hire experts to deal with medical bills because there is so much double-charging, false charges, overcharging and so on. It sometimes amounts to tens of thousands of dollars per patient. I guess you could call that fraud. My point is that if we are going to call in the police for every case of fraud in those industries, every hospital accounting department employee would be in the hoosegow. Assuming Gamberale's report is accurate, I would say that rises to the level of criminal fraud. I assume it is accurate. I have no reason to doubt it. But I don't know. I would not point to that report and testify in court or tell the police I have proof of fraud! I would refer them to Gamberale. - Jed
