Insurance fraud causes billions of dollars in economic damage annually, while destroying the lives of both the victims and the perpetrators. (Illustration: David Vogin) Insurance fraud causes billions of dollars in economic damage annually, while destroying the lives of both the victims and the perpetrators. (Illustration: David Vogin)

Insurance fraudsters think they are too clever to be caught, however, these entrants into the Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame as determined by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud will quickly dispel that thought. These miscreants were notable not for their ingenuity, but for the nefarious choices they made to swindle insurers out of millions of dollars. You can meet the fraudsters from Part 1 of this series here.

Mutilating women for money. Dr. Javaid Perwaiz inflicted his scalpel on trusting patients, completing unneeded and life-changing hysterectomies, sterilizations and other invasive surgeries in what was a $20.8-million looting of private and public health insurers.

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