Anti-Fraud Plan

NYSIF has filed a comprehensive anti-fraud plan with The New York State Insurance Department, prepared and submitted by NYSIF's Division of Confidential Investigations (DCI).

Major parts of the plan include:

• A comprehensive anti-fraud training program conducted by DCI for all NYSIF employees.
• A fraud recognition manual, created by DCI, for NYSIF employees.
• A Workers' Compensation Fraud Prosecution Manual, created by DCI, for district attorneys and other law enforcement agencies.
• An expanded anti-fraud public awareness campaign.
• Increased hiring of investigators, attorneys and support staff to expand DCI activities.
• Creation of a computer database to track and record fraud arrests, convictions and savings resulting from DCI investigations.
•  Use of data mining software to develop enhanced capabilities for computerized searches, cross-checking of files and development of a historical database of fraudulent activities statewide.