#special investigation unit

[shenweiwouldnttreatmelikethis]

Chu Shuzhi: The Black-Cloaked Envoy isn’t answering our summons.

Zhao Yunlan: Let me try.

Chu Shuzhi: I’ve been trying to reach him all day and I’m his closest contact here, what makes you think that-

Black-Cloaked Envoy, appearing out of nowhere: Yes?

Alternatively...

Zhu Hong: Lao Chu isn’t answering his phone.

Guo Changcheng: I’ll call him!

Zhu Hong: Lin Jing and I have both called three times, what makes you think that-

Chu Shuzhi, immediately answering: Hello???

[asknarashikari]

The entirety of the Special Investigations Unit [yes this includes Genpachi] reacts to seeing the Rider boys [Shinnosuke, Gou, and Chase] fall victim to Haruto's malfunctioning dress up ring and having their shirts dissolve right in front of them [in Shinnosuke's case, all of his clothes dissolve, leaving him in his underwear]

Rinna is trying so very hard to take a peek at Chase and Shinnosuke (sorry Gou but you don't do shit for her)

Genpachiro goes to cover his wife's eyes, if only to save her from Kiriko's possible wrath

Kyu just screams and points at the general direction of the almost-naked people

Honganji and Belt-san just sit there calmly like nothing particularly unusual is happening

Kiriko tosses a shirt at her brother because Chase looks like he's about to eat him alive

Gou is trying to put a shirt on himself and Chase, because he's about to lose what little self-control he has

Chase stares quite intently at Gou and is looking at his pants as if he could make them drop by sheer willpower alone

Shinnosuke looks upon the chaos in his team and the tatters of of his clothes and screams "ONORE, WIZARDO!!!"

[justdreamsandmusic]

''SCP Foundation USA Sites''

just something for fanfiction and so on

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Nick Visser at HuffPost:

Special counsel Jack Smith urged the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case to reject any further efforts to delay his trial. Trump’s attorneys recently asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to push back a deadline next month to review classified information related to the former president’s indictment into his handling of such material after he left the White House. They pointed to Trump’s separate hush money case in Manhattan that is set to begin Monday, saying the deadline requires time he and his lawyers “simply do not have.”

But Smith’s team said Cannon’s May 9 deadline had been imposed for months and accused Trump’s team of “reflexively” asking to postpone a trial every time the court sets a new deadline. “The defendants have had ample notice that these deadlines would be scheduled and have already had months to complete the work,” Smith wrote in a new court filing. “Counsel should already be prepared to meet these deadlines, and in any event, other commitments are not grounds for postponement.” “Each time the Court sets a new deadline in this case and attempts to keep it moving toward trial,” he added later, “the defendants reflexively ask for an adjournment. That must stop.” Smith went on to note that Trump chose to hire the same attorneys to represent him in multiple cases, and the lawyers agreed to do so. “Having made such decisions, they should not be allowed to use their overlapping engagements to perpetually delay trial in this case,” he wrote. “The Court should reject the defendants’ latest delay tactic.”

Special Counsel Jack Smith is urging Judge Aileen Cannon to reject further delay tactics in the classified documents theft case (United States v. Trump).

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The province's police watchdog has decided not to charge a police officer in connection with the fatal shooting of a 35-year-old man in Markham last year despite some unanswered questions about the circumstances surrounding the incident, including what prompted the officer to engage with the man in the first place.

Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Director Joseph Martino said in a report released Wednesday that he did not find reasonable grounds to lay charges against the York Regional Police (YRP) officer who shot and killed Moses Erhirhie in a shopping plaza parking lot at Fairburn Drive and Highway 7 on the evening of Jan. 21, 2022.

In his analysis, Martino admitted that "there is much about this incident that remains unknown," including why the officer interacted with Erhirhie in the first place. The SIU said the officer, referred to in the report as the subject officer (SO), declined to be interviewed for the investigation and did not provide notes as his legal right.

Martino also posed several questions about the circumstances surrounding the officer's actions, such as why he tried to arrest Erhirhie, who is referred to in the report as the complainant.

"The answers to these questions are important. If the SO had no lawful reason to arrest or detain the Complainant, then the Complainant was entitled to resist that process. In the absence of any evidence to this effect, however, and in circumstances suggesting a plausible scenario in which the officer was in the legitimate discharge of his duties, the investigation does not give rise to a reasonably grounded belief that the SO was acting outside the scope of his lawful authority," Martino wrote. [...]

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[favficbirthdays]

Happy Birthday

Ichinose Shiori (7th December)

Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit

[irascible-iridescent]

I do enjoy the Jean as a character and his dynamic with Harry makes me crazy, on the other hand I hate Jean fans here

[ciaossu-imagines]

Oddly enough, I don’t have too many polyships for Special 7! I flipped a coin between the two I do have and used this prompt for headcanons on a polyship between Ichinose/Reader/Seiji! I hope ya’ll enjoy, my loves!

Who is the one who would go up to a random elder in a coffeeshop and ask them about their life?

This would have to be Seiji and possibly you. Seiji has a great deal of respect for his elders and, while a bit awkward, he really is more of an extrovert than Ichinose, who really does try to avoid a lot of small talk and, unless he had to, wouldn’t really approach a stranger.

Who hates checking out books because checking them out means interacting, and that is always awkward?

This is Ichinose. He doesn’t like having to check out books, partially because of the interacting but mostly because he has a bad habit of never returning them on time. Sometimes he forgets but really, it’s normally because his life gets really busy and his schedule is not at all regular.

Who is the one to use toilet paper as tissues and carries it around all day?

Ichinose does this and sometimes Seiji and possibly even you. Seiji prefers to have tissues on hand and he tries really hard to remember to grab one of those pocket packs, but he sometimes forgets to put them in his pocket and he’d rather use toilet paper than just sneeze without some sort of coverage. Ichinose is too cheap to buy tissues when toilet paper does the exact same job.

Who is the one who carries around $100 just in case there is some apocalypse, and they need to buy gear?

This would have to be you. Seiji carries a modest amount of cash in case of an emergency, but the thought of a potential apocalypse doesn’t really occur to him as something to carry cash for. Ichinose prefers card to cash and only has small bills, which is also a great excuse for not being stuck with the bill when he gets roped into dinners out with everyone from work.

Who is the one who points with their chin?

Ichinose is really bad for this, no matter how many times Seiji or you or anyone else tells him it’s rude. He’ll try for a little bit not to do it if it’s you that points it out, but he only lasts so long because it’s just force of habit to him, honestly.

Who is the one who takes pictures of their food and instagrams it?

It would have to be you. Ichinose has no social media presence whatsoever and really kind of finds the whole idea of it a bother, while Seiji takes horrible pictures and really just wants to eat his food and enjoy it.

Who is the one who reads fanfiction daily?

This is another one that is mostly you. You can get Ichinose into fanfiction though, if you introduce it to him for something you know he enjoys or a show you watch together. He’ll act like he’s not at all interested but reads any fics you send him, initially just to see why you enjoy them so much and later because he kind of begins to really enjoy them too.

Who is the one to write fanfiction?

It would have to be you, if you write fanfiction, or nobody.

Who is the one who cosplays?

While you can convince Ichinose to read fanfic with you, Seiji would be the one who is totally okay with cosplaying with you. It seems fun to him, and it makes you happy and he’s happy to be able to just take part in one of your hobbies.

Who is the one who likes to quote movies, books, and songs in conversations?

I feel like Ichinose quotes obscure shit out of the blue, though infrequently, just to kind of see if anyone will get it or to be mildly annoying.

Who is the one to burst out into song randomly?

This would have to be you. Ichinose tends to whistle more often though, especially while doing domestic chores. Seiji can and will sing if requested but he doesn’t really enjoy it and honestly isn’t overly fantastic at it.

Who is the one who secretly uses their neighbour’s WiFi?

Secretly? Not so much. Ichinose will readily admit he’s been stealing Wi-Fi from his neighbour for years. Why not? They’re already paying for it, he doesn’t want to pay for it, and to him it’s not really hurting anything.

Who is the one who safety pins friendship bracelet strings to their clothing so they could have something to do if bored?

This would have to be you or nobody. If it is something you’d do, my lovely reader, I feel like Seiji would be so down for making friendship bracelets with you and would happily wear any that you made him. Hell, even Ichinose wears the ones you make him, if only to make you happy.

Who is the one who played/plays an obscure instrument just to be different?

I personally don’t headcanon Seiji as playing any instrument and don’t know if the harmonica counts as an obscure instrument, because that’s what I headcanon Ichinose being able to play.

Who is the one who puts bajillions of stickers on their door/wall?

Seiji used to do this during his preteen years but did grow out of it like most people grow out of their phases. If you like to do it, he’ll gift you stickers for your collection but personally, he thinks it’s a bit childish. Ichinose plain out doesn’t care either way. If they make you happy and they’re not hurting anyone, go all for it, in his opinion.

Who is the one who likes to rewatch the same movies?

Both Seiji and Ichinose fall into this. They’re both a little boring in that way. They have their favourite shows or movies and because their work schedules don’t leave them a lot of time, they find themselves watching things they already know they like instead of potentially wasting time on something that they don’t enjoy.

Who is the one who uses bootlegs to watch their favourite movies/TV shows?

Okay, but Bellemer is great at finding bootlegs and supplies Ichinose and you with them if you want them. To Seiji, it’s too much like stealing and he’ll prefer paying for television or outright buying DVD’s and he’ll always have a brief frown on his face whenever you or Ichinose use bootlegs.

Who is the one that writes on their arm to remind themselves to do something?

Neither man does this. Ichinose actually has a pretty amazing memory and doesn’t really forget things too often while Seiji uses a day planner or a calendar app.

Who is the one who owns dozens of pencils but is too lazy to sharpen them?

I feel like Seiji goes through pencils quickly but not because he’s lazy and doesn’t want to sharpen them but because he breaks them fairly quickly or ends up misplacing them or lends them to people who never return them.

Who is the one who uses YouTube for their music because they don’t want to buy/download anything?

Oh, but this is another way that Ichinose is cheap. He doesn’t get paying for a music subscription when YouTube has the music he wants to listen to on there for free, with only the minor inconvenience of the occasional ad.

Who is the one who always wears the same shoes?

You would expect that this would be Ichinose but it’s really not. It’s either Seiji or you. Seiji has two sets of shoes exactly, dress shoes for work and more casual and quite beat up sneakers for his days off. Ichinose actually owns more shoes than him but that’s only because Ichinose has bad feet…his arch is weird and it’s hard to find good shoes for his feet, so he tends to grab shoes whenever he can find good pairs that keep his feet comfortable and don’t hurt.

Who is the one to do asks like this?

It’s probably you, though both men would be good sports about doing them with you if you ever ask them to.

[dual-domination]

I'm curious for the Extras you promised for the Guardian UndercoverPolice/CriminalBar!AU (Idk how you named that AU), but while you don't post them, I'll disturb you again: Da Qing doesn't want to go home. He has a problem with Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei doing *things*. And he'll turn his problems into the whole Department's problems. Good lucky writing shit with the fat cat!

~~A perverted report~~

End of work. It was almost dinner time and everyone was preparing to leave the office. Everyone but the black cat, which jumped into the table, sitting there, curling his tail around his paws. Da Qing didn't want to go home.

Lin Jing: What’s wrong with you?

Da Qing: Everyday is a torture.

Zhu Hong: What are you talking about? 

Da Qing: Everyday they find a new way to torture me.

Guo Changcheng: How could it be? Can it be bad to live with Professor Shen…

Da Qing: Humans mating is disgusting.

At that declaration everyone joined around the table, around the cat.

Lin Jing: More than technically, they are not humans… 

Da Qing: Works in the same way.

Chu Shuzhi: Wait, you don’t want to go home because they fuck?

Da Qing: It’s what I said. They. Fuck. Every. Day. 

Zhu Hong: How does Chief Zhao manage to sit?...

Da Qing: Obvious.

Zhu Hong: This is not obvious. 

Wang Zheng: Da Qing, could you specify this? Is for researching purposes… *Wang Zhang was bringing a small notebook in her ghostly hands.*

Da Qing: Specify what?

Zhu Hong: How does Chief Zhao still can sit if they fuck everyday?

Da Qing: You’re poor at imagination. *The cat rolled his eyes.* They switch. 

Guo Changcheng: They do what?

Lin Jing: Switch, xiao Guo, means that sometimes the top is on the bottom and the bottom is on the top.

Da Qing: Disgusting. They can’t shut the fuck up. No. They just CAN’T. Why so noisy and loud? My cat ears are sensitive. 

Wang Zheng: Loud?

Da Qing: Usually only who’s in the bottom is loud like that, annoyingly loud, the neighborhood must listen to everything… 

Wang Zheng: So they switch and the bottom is always loud… *Wang Zheng was taking notes.*

Lin Jing: Can’t you just go to sleep in another room?

Da Qing: But I do sleep in another room. Do you think I’m crazy to sleep in the same room as them? NEVER. But does this work? NO. They’re loud and I can hear their dirty talking from wherever I am.

Zhu Hong: I can’t imagine the Ghost Slayer in a dirty talk.

Chu Shuzhi: Neither I. My mind refuses.

Da Qing: Oh, you have no idea. He’s the most perverted there. 

Wang Zheng: And what about Chief Zhao?

Da Qing: The most demanding. The shit I have to hear every night is killing me. I need a break. I can’t hear all that “oh, please, more, like that, you’re so…” I refuse to repeat.

Lin Jing: “You’re so WHAT?” You can’t gossip by the half!

Da Qing: I’m not gossiping, I’m complaining.

Chu Shuzhi: Sounds the same to me. So finish the sentence. *Chu pointed the finger to the cat as a menace, Da Qing couldn’t care less.*

Da Qing: No, that’s too much, shouldn’t hornyness have a limit?! My well-being is the limit!

Wang Zheng: If you don’t sleep in the same room, you don’t see anything… how sad… I mean…

Da Qing: Who said I don’t see anything? If they kept their hornyness in their bedroom, I could think about forgiving them, but NO, sometimes they start things on the couch and even in the kitchen! Once they didn't even see me sleeping in the middle of the cushions and started their thing, I woke up scared just to face them naked there! It’s absurd! 

Zhu Hong: Did you see them naked? I mean, obviously because you live with them, but… together?

Da Qing: It's not like they don’t take baths. 

Wang Zheng: Together?

Da Qing: That shit of a master I have says that why showering alone if he has a wife? Despite I don’t know if someone could be only a wife or only a husband… 

Wang Zheng: Maybe it is a matter of social posture.

Guo Changcheng: Which social posture? *Xiao Guo had personal interest in that point.*

Wang Zheng: The way they act in public and share private duties. 

Lin Jing: Professor Shen is clearly the wife in public…

Da Qing: Yeah, I got it now, it seems that he is the wife in those private duties as well… but not in bed. 

Chu Shuzhi: And yet, you’re not going to finish that sentence?

Da Qing lost a bit more of his almost nonexistent patience.

Da Qing: What’s the fun thing about being “big”? Does size matter that much?

Zhu Hong: Wait, who says about how big who is?!

Da Qing: Both. I never paid attention to check if they match, but the way they talk about this, it seems to be the case. I won’t investigate, I don’t have the guts. 

Wang Zheng: Matching sizes… *Wang Zheng kept taking notes.*

Da Qing: What is this “researching purposes” you said? This is fucking weird!

Zhu Hong: It’s girls’ business. 

Da Qing: Which girls’ business?

Lin Jing: They mean: fanfiction. 

Guo Changcheng: Do you write fanfiction about our department heads?!!

Zhu Hong: It’s a good hobby, Wang Zheng goes with the romantic part but is unable to write the smut. That's where I take part, I go with the smut.

Guo Changcheng: What’s a smut?

Chu Shuzhi: Porn. It’s the porn. Explicit sex scenes.

Lin Jing: Do you write smut fics with our official ship and don’t share the link with your friends?! *Lin Jing sounded the most offended he could, and yet, sounded so fake.*

Zhu Hong: I never knew you were into gay porn…

Lin Jing: It’s not gay if they’re not humans… 

Zhu Hong: It’s gay if they’re male and fuck each other. But if you want the link, I’m sending my and Wang Zheng’s shared account in Archive of Our Own right now to your e-mail. *Zhu Hong started working from her cellphone.* Yours and Lao Chu and…

Chu Shuzhi: Don’t you dare to send this to Changcheng!! 

Zhu Hong: Too late. Da Qing, you got the link too. 

Da Qing: Why would I want the fiction if I can’t even get rid of the live action??!! You’re all SO DISGUSTING! I’m damned!

Wang Zheng: Live action… *Wang Zheng was clearly dreaming awake.*

Zhu Hong: Da Qing has everything right in his paws and wastes it… Unless…

Da Qing: Unless what?

Zhu Hong: Say your price in fish, we’re willing to pay for your investigation and the detailed report. *The woman hit the table with both hands, as she was giving a very serious mission to the cat. Behind her, Wang Zheng agreed with a nod.*

Da Qing: No fish can make me look at that…

Lin Jing: For the sake of our girls’ business, I’ll put a bonus in fried fish if you take the mission.

Da Qing: This is getting interesting…

Wang Zheng: A little more detail and I’m ordering an extra box of fish for dinner right now. *With the phone in hands.*

Da Qing: Who would know everyone in this Department is a pervert…

Guo Changcheng: I’m not. I’m only an innocent reader trying to understand the concept of smut… *While the discussion was going on, xiao Guo had opened the link in his email in the moment he received it and was very focused on his screen.*

Chu Shuzhi: You already know it very well, drop this shit, I can’t believe you’re reading!! *An infuriating Chu tried to take off Guo’s cellphone, but failed when Guo held the device and turned his back to Chu, getting hugged instead of intercepted.*

Lin Jing: He already knows WHAT?!

Zhu Hong: Lin Jing, you couldn’t be that blind. Do you really believe that Lao Chu doesn’t want xiao Guo to read our ship in a smut fic because he’s too innocent to this? 

Sang Zan: He is… jealous. *The librarian showed up right behind Wang Zheng.*

Lin Jing: Sang Zan, were you here all the time?

Sang Zan: Supporting girls.

At that very moment, Zhao Yunlan's door opened, the chief coming outside, Shen Wei on his heels as usual.

Zhao Yunlan: Eh, everyone is still here? I didn't give any extra work, you guys can just go home.

Da Qing: I'm not going anywhere.

Zhao Yunlan: Why, fat cat?

Wang Zheng: Deputy Chief, if you want to go home, I can send that fish box to your house instead of ordering it to be delivered here…

Zhao Yunlan: Why this?

Lin Jing: We were thinking about ordering some dinner before going home, maybe.

Zhao Yunlan: That explains why the fat cat wants to stay…

Guo Changcheng: What about you, Chief Zhao, Professor Shen?

Shen Wei: We're going home this time, we still have some things to take care of. 

Zhao Yunlan: We have what…?

Shen Wei: "..." *Shen Wei kept his usual smile, but Zhao could read his eyes. And those eyes said wild things.*

Zhao Yunlan: Oh, okay, home then. 

The couple said goodbye to their team and left the office without any prolongation.

Zhu Hong: So… are you taking the mission or not?

Da Qing: If I don't throw up a hairball during the "investigation"... believe me, my price is high, even in fish. You saw them, they’re going to do unspeakable things…

Zhu Hong: But we need those things very well spoken and described in the mission report.

Da Qing: You will regret yourself by letting me put my price… if I don’t regret myself first for accepting nonsense missions from perverted humans… or whatever creatures you guys are…

…

One week later, the whole Department received an email notification for a new fic posted in Zhu Hong and Wang Zheng’s account. 

Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei walked out of Zhao's office only to find the entire team completely focused on computers and cell phones, not even a breath was heard in the always noisy office. When everyone noticed the presence of the two and turned to look at them, they had the impression that something was not right. Some of them were blushing, others were trying not to laugh. Definitely something wasn't right.

Zhao was going to ask why everyone looked weird, but Shen Wei stopped him with a slight shake of his head.

…

Later that day, everyone joined around Da Qing again.

Zhu Hong: You haven’t asked about your payment yet, what’s wrong?

Da Qing: We should know… investigating the Ghost Slayer has consequences. 

Lin Jing: Did he find you?!

Da Qing: Of course, even with my feline methods…

Wang Zheng: So… how did you manage to finish the mission and do that long and detailed report?

Da Qing: Guess what? You girls have a very special reader… he told me to give you the best report I could and he wouldn’t say a word to that shit master of mine in exchange.

Chu Shuzhi: Wait, what? He’s a reader of the girls' fics?! Professor Shen, the Ghost Slayer, REALLY?!

Da Qing: I warned you all, he’s the most perverted there… but has anyone ever listened to my feline wisdom?

Zhu Hong: Wang Zheng… we better put twice the effort into the next chapter and on.

Wang Zheng: Finally I have my most exciting mission!

Da Qing: You got your disgusting stuff and I got no fish at all…

In his seat, a very worried Chu Shuzhi kept checking the girls’ AO3 account. He had a suspicion that he knew the other couple they had started to write about…

Chu Shuzhi: Hey, fat cat, careful with who you investigate, the fish can’t be the only thing you’re going to lose.

…

((Hey, this one was fun! Thank you! I love writing shit kjsjksjksjk And the Bar!AU fic will have two Extras if anyone send me more requests for that))

[shenweiwouldnttreatmelikethis]

Ghosts? In the SIU???

Guo Changcheng: The building keeps making all these spooky creaking noises... What if the SIU is haunted?! Wouldn’t that be so scary, if there were ghosts in here?

Sang Zan: ...T-T-T-

Wang Zheng: Guo, I-

Sang Zan: That’s a good point, G-Guo! W-what if there are ghosts in here?! How scary!

Wang Zheng: Babe, please...

Sang Zan: D-Don’t worry, Ge Lan: I’ll protect you with my life if it c-c-c-comes to that :)

Wang Zheng: 

*Chu Shuzhi crosses the room*

Guo Changcheng: Chu-ge! Will you protect me with your life if the ghosts come for me?

Chu Shuzhi: *stops, gives Guo a single, forceful flick to the forehead, and walks away*

[asknarashikari]

Ooops I forgot to add this to the Emu kissing Shinnosuke bit

*Emu suddenly appears out of nowhere in front of the reunited members of the SIU who were out on a drink together*

Shinnosuke: Tomari Shinnosuke.exe has stopped working

Gou: ...Doc, are you alright? Did you hit your head or something?

Kiriko: *already calling Poppy to come get Emu with an ambulance*

Genpachiro and Kyu: *just relieved Kiriko didn't break out the Boots of Doom and kick Emu's ass*

Rinna: *coaxes Emu into sitting down so she could check on him*

Chase: ....................

[bzalma]

Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter – December 15, 2023The Resource for the Insurance Claims and Insurance Fraud Professionals

Barry Zalma

Dec 15, 2023

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This, the 24th issue of the 27th Year of ZIFL includes articles and reports relating to insurance fraud, including:

Former Root Marketing Exec Pleads Guilty to Taking Over $10 Million From the Insurer

Brinson Caleb “BC” Silver, former chief marketing officer for insurtech Root, has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $10 million from his former employer and violating court orders.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio, Silver, 43, of Culver City, California, pleaded guilty to one count each of wire fraud and contempt of court and has agreed to pay more than $10.2 million in restitution. A prison sentence of 24-51 months has been recommended.

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More McClenny Moseley & Associates Issues

This is ZIFL’s twentieth installment of the saga of McClenny, Moseley & Associates and its problems with the federal courts in the State of Louisiana and what appears to be an effort to profit from what some Magistrate and District judges indicate may be criminal conduct to profit from insurance claims relating to hurricane damage to the public of the state of Louisiana.

December 8, 2023 – History of MMA Issues

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The Insurance Examination Under Oath

A Tool Available to Insurers to Thoroughly Investigate Claims

The insurance Examination Under Oath (“EUO”) is a formal type of interview authorized by an insurance contract. It is taken under the authority provided by a condition of the insurance contract that compels the insured to appear and give sworn testimony on the demand of the insurer or find his, her or its claim rejected for breach of a condition. A notary and a certified shorthand reporter are always present to give the oath to the person interviewed and record the entire conversation.

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Health Insurance Fraud Convictions

Doctor and Wife Admit Genetic Testing Kickback and Bribery Scheme

Yitzchok “Barry” Kurtzer, 63, and his wife, Robin Kurtzer, 62, both of Monsey, New York, a Pennsylvania doctor, and his wife admitted to their roles in schemes to solicit and receive kickbacks and bribes in exchange for ordering genetic tests.

Read the full issue of ZIFL and about dozens of fraud convictions at http://zalma.com/.../uploads/2023/12/ZIFL-12-15-2023.pdf

What is Needed to Deter Insurance Fraud?

To do so the insurers must train their staff to recognize the elements of both the crime of insurance fraud and the elements of the civil tort of insurance fraud. If well trained, insurance personnel collecting information about a potential insurance fraud, will know the type and quality of information that either a prosecutor or a civil defense lawyer will need to prove fraud was attempted.

Some estimates indicate that more money goes out fighting fraud than is saved. Others show that every dollar spent by insurers to defeat fraud save the insurer as much as seven dollars in fraudulent claims. Although insurance fraud is a crime in almost every jurisdiction in the United States it is seldom prosecuted.

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Other Insurance Fraud Convictions

North Carolina Insurance Agent Can’t Appeal Sentence in $700,000 Fraud

Glenda Taylor-Sanders, of Charlotte, North Carolina, a former insurance agent who pleaded guilty to defrauding trucking company clients and a premium finance company of hundreds of thousands of dollars cannot challenge her sentence and restitution order, a federal appeals court decided.

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Fraud After Catastrophes

Over the past few decades fraud has become an ever escalating problem. It is part of the CODB equation and quickly becomes just one more cost to be passed on to the insurance buying public. When a catastrophe hits everyone suffers. The victims of the catastrophe suffer. The insurers whose staff is not adequately trained to investigate and adjust claims and recognize fraud compounds the suffering of the victims and costs the insurer.

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Barry Zalma

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Endo Rokusuke (16th August)

Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit

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Hello, hello, my lovelies! I'm back again tonight with a couple of fandom prompts, based on this fun little Monopoly ask prompt here! The first one I'll be posting is for a newer fandom to this blog and not a super popular one, sadly, Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit! Seriously, a short but genuinely pretty decent anime and one I enjoy writing for!

Send me a fandom and a number and I’ll tell you who in Monopoly:

Is the banker: I feel like, retconning a bit here so Luka can play with the team, it would be Luka. My headcanon is that he’s actually really good at math and numbers and he’s the quickest at banker duties and is able to keep accurate counts and knows what everyone has in terms of funds at any time during the game.

Is overly protective of a certain game token and refuses to play until they get that token: Oh, you know they’re not playing just any old regular Monopoly. Bellemer and Kiryuin made this version specially for the team and everyone has their own personalized pieces, and it is very important to these two that they use their own personalized pieces.

Who is the person who everybody always suspects of cheating even though “OH MY GOD IT WAS ONE TIME”: It’s Endo. To be fair, he only cheated that one time because the game had gone on for three hours and he just wanted it to be over.

Is the person who cheats and gets away with it because no one suspects them: Nijo might seem on the level but he’s sneaky. He cheats but does so with strategy and knows when to take a fall after a string of cheating induced luck so that people don’t start to suspect.

Buys everything they land on with a YOLO approach and no strategy: While she loves the game so much, Bellemer sucks at it. She thinks she’s planned it and strategized but really, any strategies she’s cooked up don’t really last long as she tends to just buy, buy, buy whenever she can. Doesn’t help that others goad her on into it, either, knowing she’ll take the bait.

Suggests that they liven it up with alcohol: That is the only way Endo is ever playing that game again after that three-hour long fiasco. Monopoly is fun in small doses or when you are very, very drunk.

Has a very stringent strategy and is willing to do strange requests and weird dares in exchange for the properties they want: Kiryuin has a tried-and-true strategy that actually does win him the game more often than not. It’s just surprising the lengths he’ll go through to enact that strategy. For such an elegant looking man, he’s more than willing to get a little silly. All in the name of fun and team-building, of course.

INSISTS that they play by the rulebook TO THE LETTER: Seiji. He likes rules. Rules are there for a reason and he believes that, if the game designers went through the trouble of figuring out rules, regulations, and gameplay, that they should all respect them enough to abide by the rules.

Throws the rulebook in the other person’s face and makes up new rules to make it better: Ichinose actually kind of does it just to provoke and annoy Seiji sometimes. It just amuses him.

Has ridiculously good luck with the chance cards to the point of suspicion: Again, this is Seiji. Kiryuin to a slightly less degree. Both of them are actually really lucky individuals and games of chance like drawing cards tends to normally work out in their favour.

Lands on all the taxes and as a result vows to vote for a different candidate in the next election: Akane is already almost bankrupt within the first hour by all the damn taxes she’s had to pay. It frustrates her to no end and while she’s not normally hugely political, when it comes to taxes, she can summon up quite the long rant.

Goes bankrupt first: It’s normally either Akane or Bellemer who end up bankrupt and selling off stuff first.

Which two people get into a screaming match: Seiji and Ichinose. Seiji and Nijo. Nijo and Luka, as those two get very competitive over games in an odd turn.

Which two people are secretly collaborating for a joint victory: Endo and Akane tend to team up pretty frequently and they’re good about keeping it hush-hush. Nobody has cottoned on to their alliance yet…mostly because they both always lose anyway.

Which two people are openly collaborating for a joint victory: Ichinose and Luka tend to collaborate, if they’re playing together. It’s pretty obvious and they don’t try to hide it. It just works for them, and it makes the game more interesting.

Who flips the table: Nobody. While there might be fighting and tension occasionally, they all know how to keep it pretty good-natured and would never get to the extreme where they’d flip the table.

Who is the sore winner who in any other circumstance would be the one flipping the table: Again, there’s no flipping the table but Bellemer….terrible winner who will rub it in people’s faces, though there’s never any malice meant, for at least a couple weeks afterwards.

Who anonymously calls in a bomb threat to end the game early: Oh, Nijo has definitely thought about it. Has never done it…so far. But he’s definitely thought about it.

Who is the smart person who refuses to play in the first place: There is no refusing. Oh, you’re busy? That’s okay, they’ll reschedule it for another time…you decided to bail and go to a restaurant. Guess which group of people find you shortly afterwards? And would you look at that, they just so coincidentally happen to have the game with them. Look, Kiryuin takes his team building ‘fun’ seriously.

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