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It is a crime

What is insurance fraud?

As simply put as possible insurance fraud is "any misrepresentation of the cost of repairs" and any, means any. This is a very serious matter, and could result in fines and prison time for both the home owner and the contractor. Even so, people are cheating the insurance companies all over the place. It seems that the only way this will stop, is when people start getting arrested for it.

Here is are two examples I have experienced myself.

1. We completed a job for a man, and a few weeks later he calls and says "Hey, I sold my house and got $5,000 less for it then I had hoped" he asked "can you write me a new invoice and add $5,000 to it, so I can get that money from my insurance company?" I said "well that seems illegal" and the conversation was over.

Had I done that, I would have been guilty of a crime and got nothing at all for it. I could have risked my business, my family and my reputation. All so a man could put some money in his pocket, and some now I am the bad guy for not "helping"

2. More recently, after doing a walk around with a man he pulls me to the side and says "Do they come out an look" I asked "who?" he said "the insurance company, do they come out to see if the work was done" I asked "why do you ask" he said "Well I could live with out doing certain repairs, but if I had an invoice saying they where done, then I could get my depreciation."

He was asking me to write an invoice up and present it to his insurance company, telling them I had done repairs that I did not do. All so he can cheat them out of a few thousand dollars, and I get nothing.

Again, I am being asked to risk everything so someone could put a few bucks in their own pocket. Certainly, getting tossed in jail for a few years, and not being with my family, is not something I care to do. And, to add insult to injury, I would not even get paid a fair market price for the work in the first place. (he wants me to cut my price and give him the work for nearly nothing)

Look, defrauding the insurance company is a CRIME! You can be arrested and jailed for it. It is not a game, and it is not something to take lightly ... and it is shame that there are people out there who will ask someone to risk all they have, including their family, so they can pocket a few bucks.

If you are looking for a company who will help you cheat the insurance companies, and line your pockets, we are not that company. Do not even bother to call us, anyone in this company will walk away from the job in a heart beat.

On the other hand, if you want to hire a company who will be honest and will do the work proposed, exactly the way was promised and care about your home even after the bill is paid. Then we are the company for you, we play this straight and narrow, and we do not lie to, or cheat anyone ... if that is the company you are looking for, give us a call.

Let me ask you this, if a company is willing to break the law to help you cheat the insurance company ... what makes you think they wont cheat you to?

Hire local and hire an honest contractor, we are out there.

Henry Staggs

(405) 881-0689 My cell

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