• Personal injury and wrongful death litigation

• Product and Premises liability

• Professional liability

• Subrogation

• Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist coverage

• Business and commercial coverage
• Dram shop litigation
• Environmental claims, coverage and pollution exclusions
• Examinations Under Oath
• First Party and Third Party coverage

In addition to general casualty work, Sullivan and Graber is recognized as a leader in the specialty practice of insurance fraud. The firm uses innovative techniques, advanced technology and hard work to fight fraud against insurance carriers. Sullivan and Graber pioneered the use of declaratory judgment actions to combat large fraud schemes resulting in significant savings to the insurance industry. The firm adopted the procedural tools developed in those actions to curtail fraud in POP, personal injury and property damage cases. Sullivan and Graber’s early use of injunctive relief to stay PIP suits and arbitrations pending the resolution of fraud and restitution actions in the Superior Court greatly reduced insurance carrier’s litigation costs as well as obtaining recoveries in the tens of millions of dollars for multiple insurance carriers.

Lee Befeler received his J.D. from the McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California in 1987. Mr. Befeler is admitted in New Jersey.

Incorporating Vehicle Data into OSINT Investigations                     

Tyrone Cole- SKOPENOW

Director of Insurance Intelligence

Don't ever say to Tyrone that there is nothing exciting about insurance. As Director of Insurance Intelligence Tyrone has shaped his career helping insurers make better decisions to disrupt and prevent organized criminal activity. When Tyrone is not in the office you can find him traveling to new places to hike and indulge in different cultures.

K-9 Scent Detection

Explain and demonstrate how a scent detection K-9 is trained to sniff out the odor (s). ARSON,EXPLOSIVES, AND DRUGS

Investigator Ron Braen Ocean County Sheriff

Investigator Ron Braen, currently with Ocean County Sheriff’s office for past 10 years and was Brick PD for 35 yrs prior.  Ron Currently operates a bomb/explosive search dog and has been involved with NJSP and various state/county operations for dog training for 30 + years.

Lawyers Drugs and Money

From the Street to SIU (part 1 & 2)

Lt. Jarek Pryzanowski - OIFP

Hugh Brady, Esq.  King, Tilden, McEttrick & Brink, P.C.

Shauna L. Sullivan, Esq.  King, Tilden, McEttrick & Brink, P.C.

The latest trend among street gangs is Fraud. While traditional criminal activity may seem far removed from the corporate environment, these two worlds have merged. This course will provide an overview of various real-life medical fraud investigations and shed light on the nexus between white-collar crime and street crime. It will also educate attendees on how fraudulent actors launder money and utilize cybercrime to facilitate insurance fraud. This presentation will dive deep into organized criminal activity, money laundering, theft, and fraud on a local, national, and international scale and the resources the insurance industry can use to stop it.

Jarek Pyrzanowski

Lieutenant Pyrzanowski is currently assigned to the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit which is a specialized unit within the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. Lt. Pyrzanowski is responsible for overseeing investigations involving Medicaid Fraud and other related fraud and theft crimes such as prescription pad theft. Prior to his current assignment, Lt. Pyrzanowski was assigned to the New Jersey State Police Auto Theft Task Force which is also within the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor. Lt. Pyrzanowski is a subject matter expert in the areas of Vehicle Theft and Vehicle Finance Fraud. At first glance, Lt. Pyrzanowski’s experience in Vehicle Fraud and Medicaid Fraud may seem unrelated, however, he has taken the knowledge and skills gleaned from both areas and applied them to help further complex criminal investigations. Prior to joining the Division of Criminal Justice, Lt. Pyrzanowski worked in the Special Investigations Section of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and as a patrol officer with the Borough of Belmar Police Department. During his 25-year career in law enforcement, Lt. Pyrzanowski has conducted a number of complex criminal investigations including, but not limited to, automobile crimes, financial crimes, street gangs, drug trafficking, various types of fraud, and official misconduct. Lt. Pyrzanowski is also a certified technical investigator with extensive knowledge of electronic surveillance techniques and tactics, cell phone forensics, and vehicle infotainment extractions and analysis. In addition to his many career accomplishments, Lt. Pyrzanowski has served as the President of the New Jersey Vehicle Theft Investigators Association and is currently the 4th Vice President of the Northeast International Association of Auto Theft Investigators. Lt. Pyrzanowski is also a regular speaker at the New Jersey Police Academies and a number of law enforcement and industry-related seminars.

Hugh C. M. Brady, Esq.

Mr. Brady is a shareholder with King, Tilden, McEttrick & Brink, P.C. (“KTM”). He is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. He later obtained his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, MA. Along with his colleague, Shauna Sullivan, Mr. Brady supervises a team of attorneys in the firm’s Complex Business Litigation Group which investigates, develops, and litigates insurance fraud and abuse actions. Mr. Brady is currently admitted to practice in several state and federal jurisdictions, including Massachusetts and New York, and has consulted on and litigated cases in multiple jurisdictions across the United States. His courtroom experience includes: RICO actions, False Claims Act cases, fraud, embezzlement, bankruptcy, shareholder disputes, commercial litigation, complex contract disputes, consumer protection actions, insurance defense, insurance coverage, and No-Fault litigation.

Shauna L. Sullivan, Esq.

Ms. Sullivan is a shareholder with King, Tilden, McEttrick & Brink, P.C. (“KTM”). She is a graduate of the University of Vermont where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree. She later obtained her law degree from New England Law. Throughout her tenure with the KTM, Ms. Sullivan has been a member of the firm’s Complex Business Litigation Group which investigates, develops, and litigates insurance fraud and abuse actions. She is currently admitted to practice in several state and federal jurisdictions, including Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, and New Jersey. Ms. Sullivan’s practice focuses on insurance defense litigation, insurance fraud matters and civil RICO law.

Material Misrepresentation and Policy Rescission: Making Materiality Great Again.

Dan Grossman, Esq.

Discussion and training on insurance policy rescission in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and other jurisdictions.  We will discuss the standard for rescission (what you have to prove) and the procedural requirements (what you have to do) to effect rescission.  The presentation will include an overview of recent caselaw and trends regarding material misrepresentation and offer guidance/best practices in terms of reporting requirements and taking advantage of immunity statutes.

Dan Grossman, Esq.- Horst Krekstein & Runyon LLC

Dan Grossman is a partner at Horst Krekstein & Runyon LLC, focusing on first party property disputes and bad faith litigation.  Dan often assists insurance companies in fraud investigations and works closely with SIU investigators.  Dan can be contacted via email at dgrossman@hkr.law or by phone at (484) 243-6863.

NJ State Police: Chop Shop Update

We will be discussing common trends in auto theft and the Honda motor vehicle thefts hitting Northern New Jersey.

Detective Richard Maliszewski (NJSP)

Det. Eric Blesing -  Passaic County Sheriff's Office

Nowhere to Hide

Matt Anderson  AIC Companies, LLC

Chad Hinds  AIC Companies, LLC

A discussion on the changing habits of claimants and how adjusters, attorneys and investigative vendors are outsmarting the new age claimants through technology, collaboration, and forming strategic partnerships.

Matthew Anderson

President

Matthew Anderson is the President and Founder of AIC Companies, LLC. He established the investigative firm in 2014 with a radical approach to Surveillance and Investigative Services in the claim’s industry.

Graduating from Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, Matthew centralized his focus on Criminal Justice and Investigative Practices. He kickstarted his career as a Field Investigator in the investigative industry with a regional firm in 2005 investigating potentially fraudulent workers’ compensation claims. Through almost a decade, Mr. Anderson honed his skills from the field investigator role to becoming the Lead SIU Administrator and finally the Director of Operations.

As President of AIC Companies, LLC, Matthew is now responsible for running all facets of the firm. Matthew’s passion has been to introduce groundbreaking solutions to the investigative industry that has been languishing for years with limited innovation and stagnation. At the helm of AIC Companies, LLC, Mr. Anderson has put together an All-Star Team of investigators leading the outfit into the future.

Chad Hinds

Investigative Director

Chad Hinds is currently the Investigative Director for AIC Companies, LLC. With a wealth of knowledge and over almost a decade and a half of experience, Mr. Hinds has been able to pursue revolutionary investigative philosophies at AIC that are helping to change the DNA of the investigative landscape.

Mr. Hinds started his investigative career in 2007 as a Field Investigator for a regional surveillance firm based out of New Jersey. Through the years, Mr. Hinds quickly ascended the ranks of the agency through remarkable investigative skills unseen in the industry. With his stellar expertise, Chad took the helm of the SIU Department where he became one of the best data miners in the Northeast.

In 2014, Mr. Hinds joined AIC Companies, LLC as the Investigative Director overseeing all the field operations at the firm. Here, Chad was able to expand on his knowledge of SIU

Outside the Investigator Box *CLE* *CE*

Brian E. White, Esq.  Lemieux & Associates

Brent Owens, Esq.  Kent/McBride

Introduction:

As technology advances and additional resources become available to investigate claims more accurately, not all options are suited to every claim.  Some are limited on abilities, some are not beneficial (based on claim type), some are limited by legal standards and every option must be understood before moving forward.  

Purpose of Course:

The Outside the Investigative Box course discusses new technologies for gathering information to help improve the claim handling process.  These resources can help in many aspects of determining what happened before, during, and after an incident accured. It is intended to increase awareness of new technologies in the market, assist in determining what the best service to utilize should be (based on a desired clarification or outcome) and to address the limitations of these services within legal limits of a state.  The course not only provides additional investigation options, but also legal points of view on the utilization of the products, information gathered and potential outcomes if the case becomes litigated.  The course concludes with a discussion of potential technologies that are being review & considered for viability (unsubstantiated/accepted).

Brian E. White

Senior Manager

Canvas & Record Retrieval

Corporate Trainer

Cell:  717-649-8080

Bwhite@lemieuxassociates.com

Brian White is currently the Senior Manager for Canvas & Record Retrieval as well as Corporate Trainer at Lemieux & Associates.

Brian graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, in 1995, with a B.S. in Criminology, a B.A. in Psychology, an associates in Criminal Justice and an associates in Speech/Communication.  While attending IUP, he started working for the Ocean City NJ police department as a patrol office.  Brian also moved into a security specialist role with Caesars in Atlantic City NJ, after graduation.

In 1996 Brian started working with a National investigative company (Facticon Inc.) where he held 7 positions including (investigator, field training supervisor, operations manager, account manager & account executive) until 2002 when he joined the Litigation Solutions LLC.  Brian held 6 positions through promotions with LSI (including sales manager, training supervisor, VP of sales, and Director of sales), before moving into a Senior Vice President role with ISG through acquisition. ​

After 21 combined years, he joined Lemieux & Associates to oversee their Canvas and Record Retrieval depart as Senior Manager.

Brian has a total of over 28 years in the Law Enforcement, Investigative, and Insurance industry, while continuing to expand his knowledge within these fields.

Brent Owens

Brenton C. Owens was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1991) and Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1994). He served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable E. Stevenson Fluharty, New Jersey Superior Court, Camden County, from September 1994 through August of 1995.

Brenton was admitted to the Bar of the State of New Jersey, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Federal District Court of New Jersey in 1994. Additionally, he was admitted to the Bar of the Federal Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2001. He is a member of the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Camden County Bar Associations. Early in his career he received well rounded training in various defense litigation practice areas including: automobile litigation; premises liability litigation; workers’ compensation litigation; Municipal Tort Claims Act litigation; and personal injury protection benefit litigation.

Presently, Brenton dedicates his practice to Workers’ Compensation litigation. He oversees the New Jersey workers’ compensation practice group. Representation includes large national corporations with thousands of employees as well as small local companies with relatively few. He provides services throughout the entire State of New Jersey, and has handled thousands of claims from the onset of litigation through trial at the trial and appellate court levels.

“REEL”

Discussing Use of Video in Investigations

Matthew J. Smith, Esq.   Callinan & Smith, LLP.

The presentation will show an array of videos obtained and utilized during investigations.  During his presentation he will include information on legal issues regarding obtaining video and images from social media.

Matthew J. Smith

MATTHEW J. SMITH is a partner and principal at Callinan & Smith, LLP. His practice includes the defense of general liability claims, motor vehicle negligence claims, premises liability claims, homeowner litigation claims, Personal Injury Protection claims and fraud, bad faith and extra-contractual claims, insurance coverage disputes and suspect/fraudulent insurance claims.  In addition, he represents various insurers in declaratory judgment actions, and in affirmative actions.

Matthew J. Smith attended Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, where he completed a Baccalaureate in Political Science, in January 1986, graduating Cum Laude.  He also received a Master’s Degree in Public Administration (Government Track), from Pace University Graduate School, White Plains, New York, in May 1988. He graduated from Pace University

School of Law in May 1993, Cum Laude, and had served on the Environmental Law Review Editorial Board, was the Miller Scholar, was a Ranking/Dean’s scholar, Dean’s List, founding member and second President of the Pace Gaelic Law Society, and served on Moot Court Board. He also published three Legal Articles in Law Review and National Journals before Graduation.

He was admitted to the State Bar of New York and New Jersey in 1994, the United States Supreme Court in 1997, the Eastern District of New York in 2007, and, most recently, to the Pennsylvania Bar in 2019. Mr. Smith served as an Assistant District Attorney, at the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office, in Bronx, New York, from August 1993 until May 1996. As an Assistant District Attorney, he was assigned to the Appeals Bureau. While there, he also compiled with another member of his Bureau, a litigation manual for cases subject to the New York State Mental Health laws and Criminal Procedure Law Articles 330 and 710.

From May 1996 through September 2011, Mr. Smith was an attorney with the law firm of Melli, Guerin Wall & Messineo, P.C., in Paramus, New Jersey. Subsequently, Mr. Smith became a partner in the insurance fraud and litigation practice section of that mid-sized firm in January 2001 where he remained until September 2011. From September 2011 until May 2013, Mr. Smith was the Managing Attorney for the New York and New Jersey offices of the law firm of Allen, Kopet & Associates, PLLC. From May 2013 until April 2020, Mr. Smith was a Partner with Bruno, Gerbino, Soriano & Aitken, LLP, where he managed their Ramsey New Jersey office and was lead attorney for their New Jersey practice.

Mr. Smith frequently lectures on Insurance Fraud issues to clients and professional organizations throughout the United States, and has lectured at the Bergen County Police Academy, as well as NJSIA. He had been previously appointed by the Supreme Court, State of New Jersey, to serve as a Panel Chair and Vice District Chairperson for District II-A Fee Dispute Panel from 2011 until 2015.

Mr. Smith is also a Veteran, having served as an ARMY officer on active duty, a member of the ARMY National Guard and Reserves, and a Legal Officer attaining the rank of Lt. Col. in the USAF-AUX/Civil Air Patrol. He is a 4th Degree Member of the Knights of Columbus, a Degree Member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and he and his wife Michele have served as a host family for Project Children since 2002.

Throwing Sand in the Gears of Referral Networks (part 2)

Using Your Client’s PIP Billing Data to Develop and Litigate Cost-Effective Cases

Gauri Shirali Shah, Esq.  Pringle Quinn Anzano, P.C.

Lori Smith, Esq.      Pattern Analysis                                                                                                

Vincent F. Gerbino, Esq.  Bruno Gerbino Soriano & Aitken

Ken E. Pringle, Esq.  Pringle Quinn Anzano, P.C.

No-Fault Insurer billing data is a vastly underutilized weapon in the war on insurer fraud.   With No-Fault Insurer budgets for investigations and litigation getting tighter by the day, there’s a critical need for data-driven methodologies to drive down the cost of developing and litigating powerful affirmative fraud cases.   This presentation will outline a proven process for using PIP billing data to identify potential affirmative claims, select the patient records and bills that will most efficiently support those claims, and extract and organize the relevant information from those records for use in preparing the complaint -- all with relatively little attorney involvement.  In addition to reducing attorney-time in the development and drafting of the complaint and related exhibits, we will explain how this process pays dividends throughout the course of the litigation from facilitating discovery to enabling the introduction of extensive evidence at trial through the testimony of a Summary Witness, using tables of accurate information in lieu of mountains of physical records.   We will provide practical examples of how the potential affirmative claims culled by this data-driven process equate to actual cases and IFPA violations.

Gauri Shirali Shah was admitted to the New Jersey Bar as well as the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1991. She was admitted to the New York Bar in 1996. Ms. Shah graduated with a BA degree in Economics from Rutgers University in 1988 and received her Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School -Newark in 1991. While at Rutgers

School of Law – Newark, Ms. Shah was the Notes and Comments Editor for the Women’s Rights Law Reporter and handled matters for the Urban Legal Clinic.

Ms. Shah was previously a Deputy Attorney General with the New Jersey Division of Law from 1991 through 1998. During that time, Ms. Shah represented the Department of Environmental Protection in land use and air pollution enforcement matters in various forums including the Office of Administrative Law, Superior Court – Chancery Division and the Appellate Division. She also provided counsel on diverse environmental issues to the Commissioner of the Department. During her tenure at the Division of Law, Ms. Shah also represented State Departments and Entities in tort claims brought against them under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act, FELA and Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act in both the State and Federal Courts.

Ms. Shah has also served as an associate attorney with the law Firm of Denoia and Tambasco in Toms River, New Jersey, where she handled civil defense of professional negligence actions and general litigation matters. Ms. Shah has also served as counsel on criminal appeal matters for the New Jersey Public Defenders Office, Appellate Section.

Since joining Pringle Quinn Anzano in July 2002, Ms. Shah has specialized in the Firm’s insurance fraud practice with an emphasis on matters involving medical provider fraud. She also represents health care providers in transactional matters, and provides legal counsel to health care practitioners in the area of regulatory compliance with State and Federal health care laws and professional licensing board rules and regulations.

Pattern Analysis

900 Haddon Ave

Suite 210

Collingswood, NJ 08108

856-854-2100

FightFraud@patternanalysis.com

Lori Smith is President/CEO and the owner of Pattern Analysis, Inc., a litigation support company that provides law firms, insurers, and law enforcement agencies with data analysis and expert witness reports and testimony aimed at identifying and proving patterns of medical provider fraud and abuse. In addition to managing the expert witness services offered by Pattern, Lori also serves as a Rule 1006 summary witness, and provides data analysis, summary reports, exhibits and testimony, for a variety of complex litigation matters. Lori graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers Law School and is licensed to practice law in NJ and NY. She also holds an MBA from Rowan University and is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a Fraud Claims Law Specialist (FCLS). With more than 20 years’ experience, Lori’s unique combination of medical, legal, analytical, and technical knowledge enables her to offer comprehensive and innovative techniques and solutions to successfully help her clients in their fight against healthcare fraud.

Vincent F. Gerbino

Vincent F. Gerbino is a founding partner, with 30+ years of experience, extensive litigation skills and a teamwork approach when addressing every case or special project. This approach was recognized when he received a prestigious 2020 award from International Advisory Experts for his excellence in premises liability law. In 2022 he spearheaded the effort to get his firm selected as one of only 10 members of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud in the nation. The firm was chosen because of the team’s proven skill and commitment to fighting insurance fraud.

He leads multi-faceted investigations on behalf of insurance clients and routinely conducts Examinations Under Oath of claimants and medical providers. Mr. Gerbino has been an integral part of litigating numerous affirmative litigation suits to conclusion with positive recoveries for his carrier clients.

His strong trial skills were put to the test in 2009 when Mr. Gerbino served as lead counsel for several insurance carriers in a $28 million insurance fraud case against a doctor who was wrongly paid monies under the “New York No-Fault Law.” The case, which was decided by a jury in favor of the insurance carriers, remains the only jury verdict on the issue of fraudulent incorporation. In June 2019 the New York Court of Appeals unanimously reaffirmed the 2009 decision.

Throughout his career, Mr. Gerbino has been recognized as a leader in his field. In 2017 he received designation as a Certified Litigation Management Professional (CLMP) from the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM).

Mr. Gerbino is frequently called on to offer his insight into relevant issues affecting the insurance industry, particularly pain management. He spoke at the CLM Focus event in November 2020 in a virtual presentation called "How to Manage the Wealth in Pain Management.” Also that year, he blended his passions for law and education to teach for The School of Casualty Claims for the CLM Alliance (Claims and Litigation Management Alliance) Claims College.

Mr. Gerbino has served on numerous panel discussions, presented at conferences and has published articles including his most recent “Telehealth: A new fraud frontier or a welcome expansion of Technology” for CLM Magazine as well as others including “Closing the Door on Pain Management Abuse,” “You Won, Now Try and Collect” and “Beyond the Insured: Uncovering Misrepresentations in Insurance Applications” in CLM’s Claims Management. In 2018 he published a white paper, “The Use and Abuse of Pain Management in Accident Cases.”

Mr. Gerbino is licensed to practice law in New York, New Jersey, the District of Columbia and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He is a member of the New York State and District of Columbia Bar Associations.

Kenneth E. Pringle

Kenneth E. Pringle was admitted to the New Jersey and District of Columbia bars in 1983.  He graduated summa cum laude from Mount Saint Mary’s College and cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a member of the editorial board of the Georgetown Law Journal.  He served as law clerk to the Honorable Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.  He has been associated with the Washington, D.C. law firms of Hogan & Hartson and Ross, Dixon & Masback.

Mr. Pringle has extensive experience in a broad range of insurance defense and coverage areas on behalf of numerous U.S. insurance companies, including the CNA Insurance Companies, Harbor Insurance Company, Chubb Insurance Company, the Allstate Insurance Company, the Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Selective Insurance Company and AMICA Mutual Insurance Company.  Mr. Pringle represents the Special Investigation Units of Allstate, Prudential, Liberty Mutual, CNA, Colonial Penn Insurance Company, Bayside Insurance Company, Selective Insurance Company, AAA/Midlantic (Keystone) and USAA Casualty and Insurance Company and has represented a number of non-marine syndicates at Lloyd’s, London in connection with insurance fraud matters ranging from fraudulent property and personal injury losses to staged deaths and accidents, to healthcare fraud.  Mr. Pringle has brought suit on behalf of his clients in New Jersey against numerous healthcare providers alleging violations of the NJ Insurance Fraud Prevention Act and the Racketeer- Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.  In addition, he has litigated in the state and federal courts in numerous liability areas, including employment law, comprehensive general liability, automobile liability, directors’ and officers’ liability, public officials’ liability and board of education liability.  Mr. Pringle serves as general counsel to the New Jersey Special Investigators Association, Inc.

Mr. Pringle is a past member of the Board of Trustees of Mount Saint Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, MD, and is a member of the Summit Bank Advisory Council, and has served as Mayor of the Borough of Belmar since 1990.  He is married to Kathleen Ellis; they reside in Belmar with their two children, Emily and K.J.

Vehicle Damage Claims:

Unveiling Fraud with Cutting-Edge Technology

Michael Price-  Rimkus

Vehicle Damage Claims: Unveiling Fraud with Cutting-Edge Technology is a one-hour presentation designed to assist participants in determining if vehicle damage claims are consistent with the provided scenario. This course will review methods consistent with vehicle fraud in various types of accident claims. It also examines how manufacturers’ ignition systems and technologies are possibly defeated to allow vehicle fraud. We will also cover vehicle technology that can be used to further investigate a potential fraud case. Ultimately, this course provides participants with the information needed to understand elements and conditions consistent with actual thefts and/or accidents vs. fraudulent claims and updates on the technology that can be useful in these determinations.

Copyright © 2023 Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

These materials contain confidential and private information and are intended exclusively for the original recipient(s). Distribution outside the original recipient(s), duplication, or modification is prohibited without Rimkus’s written consent.

Michael Price

Michael Price, ACTAR

Senior Consultant

240-856-4478 | mprice@rimkus.com | rimkus.com

930 Harvest Dr. Suite 210, Blue Bell, PA 19422

Michael Price is a Transportation Consultant and ACTAR-accredited vehicle accident reconstructionist. His professional experience includes more than 25 years as a member of the Baltimore Police Department, eight of which include extensive experience as a K9 handler, and 13 as a crash reconstructionist. Throughout his career, he has investigated and reconstructed hundreds of collisions involving commercial and passenger vehicles, motorcycles, and pedestrians. As a forensic consultant, Mr. Price provides Rimkus clients in the northeast United States with vehicle crash analyses to determine cause and critical factors affecting the dynamics of collisions. He also performs inspections of the components of motor vehicles, motorcycles, seatbelts, and child safety seats. He has extensive training in crash scene mapping using a Total Station and hand measurements. Mr. Price has certifications in RADAR, LIDAR, and as a Bosch crash data retrieval technician and analyst. He holds an A.A. in criminal justice from Essex Community College.

Why My Perfect Case Isn’t Being Prosecuted

Francis X. (Frank) Sztuk - Delta Group

John Sargent- Delta Group

SIU Investigators spend a great amount of time creating and presenting their cases for prosecution, only in many instances seeing that it isn’t “worthy” of raising to that level.  This program explores the issues that cause cases to either make to the prosecutorial level or not.  The panel combines experienced SIU leaders with prosecutors to identify the leverage points that would bring a case to the prosecution level.

Francis X. (Frank) Sztuk

Frank is the Senior Vice President/Investigative Services for the Delta Group.  His fraud fighting career began in 1972 as a police officer in NJ.  He came to Delta after a rewarding 36-year career with the Hanover Insurance Company, where he developed the Special Investigation Unit Program at that company.  He retired as the National SIU Strategist, responsible for oversight of one of the leading anti-fraud programs in the industry.  He served on many boards and councils in his career, most notable being a past-Chair of the Massachusetts Insurance Fraud Bureau Governing Board.  He is also a former Chair of the national Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, and still retains an advisory seat on the executive committee of CAIF.  He is a past chair of the NY Alliance Against Insurance Fraud, where he still chairs the Public Outreach Committee of that organization.  He sat on the NJ Insurance Commissioner’s Fraud Advisory Board and the NJ Insurance Council Anti-Fraud Committee.  He has lectured both nationally and internationally on the subject of insurance fraud and continues to present at various programs such as the ISO/NICB Insurance Fraud Management Conference and the IASIU annual fraud conference. 

John Sargent

John Sargent is a Senior Vice President at the Delta Group.  

Sargent joined the Delta Group in November 2020. Before joining the Delta Group, he spent 25 years at MetLife where he led the SIU program for the last 16 years. He began his professional career as a police officer in Massachusetts.

While with MetLife he served in several positions at the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud to include Treasurer and most recently the Co-Chair from which he stepped down in October of 2020; He was the Vice Chair of the Board of Governors for the Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts and the past Chairman of the New York Alliance Against Insurance Fraud, he was also an advisor to the CEO of the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Sargent has spoken extensively on the topic of Insurance Fraud and the management of special investigation units throughout the United States, Australia, and Germany.

YOU CAN’T SPELL SPECIAL WITHOUT AI—HOW WILL AI IMPROVE SIU INVESTIGATIONS?

Regardless of whether you think AI is the embryonic not-so fictional artificial neural network-based conscious group mind and artificial general superintelligence system that will eventually end the human race, fraudsters are already learning how to use AI to perpetrate their thieving. Attend this class to learn how insurers are, can and will be using AI to combat insurance fraud. And to debate whether the machines can do your job as well as you do it.

Roy A. Mura, Esq.  Mura Law Group PLLC

930 Rand Building | 14 Lafayette Square | Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: (716) 855-2800 | Fax: (716) 855-2816

Roy Mura is the founding and managing member of our seven-attorney law firm. He regularly analyzes and evaluates commercial and personal lines coverage issues, defends insureds in tort actions, represents insurers in intercompany arbitration matters, and litigation arson, insurance fraud, "bad faith" and coverage disputes with policyholders or other insurers, through trial and appellate practice. He has conducted hundreds of EUOs of property, auto and no-fault insureds, claimants and medical providers. He is admitted to practice and regularly appears in various New York State Supreme Courts and all U.S. District Courts throughout Long Island, metropolitan New York City, Rockland and Westchester counties, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and other upstate areas. He has been counsel of record on numerous reported trial level and appellate decisions in New York, having successfully tried to conclusion both first-party (arson and fraud) and third-party (motor vehicle accidents, Labor Law and personal injury) insurance coverage and defense cases. Roy writes for and speaks frequently to insurance industry groups throughout the country on a wide variety of property and casualty insurance-related topics.

Roy has been listed in the New York Super Lawyers - Upstate Edition since 2012 and maintains the highest possible AV rating with Martidale-Hubbell.

Vendors

Advantage Surveillance, LLC

360 Commercial Park Dr.

Thomasville, NC 27360

888)696-3669 Fax: (800) 238-3974

www.advantagesurveillance.com

AIC Companies, LLC

PO Box 831

Medford, NJ 08055

800-988-0317   609-521-4472

Matt@aiccompanies.com

Allied Universal Compliance and Investigations

910 Paverstone Drive

Raleigh, NC 27615

800-927-0456

cni.marketing@aus.com

Alpine Intel (Donan Engineering)

101 S. Tryon Street

Suite 3300

Charlotte, NC 28280

info@alpineintel.com

ARCCA, Inc.

P.O. Box 78, 2288 Penns Park Road

Penns Park, PA 18943-0078

info@arcca.com *** www.arcca.com 800-700-4944

Becker & Company

1370 Washington Pike, Suite 202

Bridgeville, PA  15017

412-279-1500 ext 310

josephbecker@beckerpi.com

Borelli Collision Analysis LLC

PO Box 840

Walpole, MA  02081

508-958-4023 

chris@borellica.com

Collision Sciences Inc.

https://www.collision-sciences.com/

service@collisionsciences.ca

Creative Solutions Investigative Services

520 Speedwell Ave., Suite 107

Morris Plains, NJ 07950

(973) 404-0878

dcoleman@CSinvestigations.info

Delta Group

1397 Buford Business Blvd, Suite 500

Buford, GA 30518

(770) 932-8007 (800) 329-4143

info@deltagroup.net

Diligence International Group

16475 Dallas Pkwy, Ste 560

Addison, TX 75001

630-229-2981

leeloveconsulting@outlook.com

Ethos Risk Services

300 1^st Ave. South, #300

St. Petersburg, FL 33701

866-783-0525   https://ethosrisk.com

jcaroluzzi@ethosrisk.com

ExamWorks

1 Bala Plaza, Suite 627

Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 

1-800-705-1426

www.examworks.com

Forensic Consultants of North America (FCNA DOVE)

920 Fellowship Rd., Suite E-504

Mt. Laurel, NJ  08054

856-780-5658    856-780-5659  

Lisa.rivlin@fc-na.com

ICU Investigations, Inc.

125 N. Route 73

West Berlin, NJ 08091

800-524-9755

SV@icuinvestigations.com

Insight Investigations

PO Box 1489

Media, PA 19063

610-543-7400 

BGallagher@insightco.com

Lemieux & Associates

110 Washington Ave, 2^nd Floor

North Haven, CT 06473

347-988-9322

jwright@lemieuxassociates.com

Medlogix, LLC

300 American Metro Blvd, Suite 170

Hamilton, NJ 08619

609-631-0474   609-631-7647

missy.pudimott@medlogix.com

Merge Investigations, Inc.

801 Estelle Drive

Lancaster PA 17607

(717) 945-5399

nshugars@mergeinv.com; info@mergeinv.com

Meridian Investigative Group

6822 22^nd Ave North, Suite 119

St. Petersburg, FL 33710

727-308-9557  

richarduhlmann@migclaims.com

National Forensic Consultants

8500 Remington Ave

Suite D

Pennsauken, NJ 08110

609-668-8544 800-391-6275

rrd@nfcexperts.com

NICB

Mid-Atlantic Region
12701 Fair Lakes Circle, Suite 275
Fairfax, VA 22033
t: 888.241.7159 or 703.222.6250, ext. 4

www.nicb.org  

Professional Claims Solutions, Inc.

4 Industrial Way West

Eatontown, NJ 07724

732-544-2008   732-544-2038

slee@proclaimssolutions.com

Skopenow

12 East 49th Street

New York, NY 10017

1-800-252-1437

sales@skopenow.com

Search Pros, Inc.

PO Box 29105

Indianapolis, IN 46229.

317-861-8443  www.search-pros.com

jgallagher@search-pros.com

Signet Claim Solutions, LLC
Two Huntington Quadrangle
Suite 1S08
Melville, NY 11747
Contact@signetcs.com
631-756-0300 

Shift Technology

321 Summer Street, 7th FL

Boston, MA, 02210

www.shift-technology.com

Social Discovery Corp

7804C Fairview Rd #354

Charlotte, NC, 28226

chris@socialdiscoverycorp.com

The Robison Group Investigative Solutions

1.888.452.2500

info@therobisongroup.com

Verisk

545 Washington Blvd

Jersey City, NJ 07310

610-202-9949