West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner 2009 Annual ...

The following chart depicts statistical data relevant to investigations, prosecutions and convictions in
calendar year 2009:
Statistical Outcomes Achieved
Assigned Field
Investigations 87
Individuals
Arrested/Indicted
65
Felony Counts 296
Convictions 57
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Calendar 2009
Field Inv
Indicted
Counts
Convictions
2009 Achievements
The Fraud Unit continues to utilize technology as a means to investigate and successfully
prosecute insurance fraud. In 2008 the unit acquired new technology to assist in investigating small to
large organized insurance fraud rings. The unit launched the “i2” Intelligence Analysis software that
analyzes relationships between data, criminal acts, associated individuals, and criminal allegations.
This software also interfaces with another piece of acquired technology, a “Plotter Printer” that allows
large visual copies of charts depicting suspects, crimes, relationships and timelines to be created better
illustrating to investigators, prosecutors, and juries the structure and activities of suspected crime rings.
This new technology was utilized repeatedly in 2009 to define “fraud rings” and to focus investigative
efforts against those rings.
Another technological advancement by the Unit in 2008 involved the acquisition of additional
electronic surveillance equipment which will enable an investigator to monitor activity at remote
locations without investing large amounts of on site man hours. The size and type of equipment cannot
be detailed as it would make it locatable and identifiable if the targets of surveillance were to be aware
of the type of equipment being used. This equipment was deployed successfully on multiple occasions
in 2009.
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