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After the spill comes the compensation claim deluge
Updated 2 days ago
by
Michael Newbury
for The News Portal at
9:20am on 3rd of October 2010
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But many thousands of these claims have little or no evidence to support them. Not even the minimum needed to process them. Many look downright fraudulent. Processing the claims and sorting the real from the bogus is a tough job for the fund administrators led by Kenneth R Feinberg.
Disaster compensation funds always attract fraudsters. So much so that there is now a National Center for Disaster Fraud which prosecuted over 1,300 cases after Hurricane Katrina. The Center has already had 300 tip offs about suspect oil spill claims. Center Director Jim Letten said it will ‘actively pursue’ anyone who attempts fraud.
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