California accounted for better than one in three of all insurance fraud convictions in the United States, according to a new study.
Among 47 states studied for the report by Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, California prosecutors successfully convicted 1,546 people of insurance fraud in 2005. Florida was second with 493 convictions.
California’s fraud bureau has the largest state budget in the country, with $36.8 million earmarked for investigating potential cases.
