A 43-year-old stripper is charged with insurance fraud after collecting worker’s compensation checks while dancing in a Pennsylvania club. Authorities say Christina Gamble claimed she fell while working in a Red Robin restaurant three years ago. Gamble claimed she hurt her back, making it difficult to stand or change positions. But authorities say Gamble was well enough to work as a stripper at CR Fanny’s Gentleman’s Club and Sports Bar according to the Associated Press. Now she’s facing two counts of insurance fraud.

According to newspaper reports, Highmark Casualty Insurance Co has paid Gamble nearly $23,000 in disability benefits and another $4000 in medical expenses. The company received a tip and started investigating. During the investigation, the company was able to get video of Gamble working as a dancer. She has been charged with two counts of workers compensation insurance fraud, a felony charge.

Here are some statistics on insurance fraud from the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud:

• Nearly one of four Americans say it’s ok to defraud insurers, says a survey by the consulting firm Accenture Ltd.
• About one in 10 people agree it’s ok to submit claims for items that aren’t lost or damaged, or for personal injuries that didn’t occur.
• Two of five people are “not very likely” or “not likely at all” to report someone who ripped of an insurer.
• Nearly one of 10 Americans would commit insurance fraud if they knew they could get away with it.

After you have taken all the time to get the right health insurance policy, do you know the correct way to go about filing a claim?

Sometimes your medical provider does not take on the burden of filling out the claim form on your behalf so you have to figure out how to do it.

Here are the steps you will want to take to do this successfully and well as some tips to make sure that your claim is successful.

The Maryland Insurance Administration has a fraud division that is run by Carolyn Henneman. It is her division’s responsibility to process complaints indicating possible cases of all types of insurance fraud. The division recently published a report for the fiscal year just ending 6/30/09 and there was some interesting information in it.