TDI Fraud Unit Looks to Step Up Prosecution Referrals

Lack of manpower, high investigator turnover and even – in an indirect way – the power struggle that led to outgoing Gov. Rick Perry’s indictment have been connected to the Texas Insurance’s Department's recent troubles with generating referrals for prosecution of workers’ compensation fraud.  Officially, in fact, TDI can claim just one – yes, one – workers' compensation fraud prosecution in fiscal year 2014, although one other case generated more than a dozen other referrals to federal prosecutors. But the fraud unit’s d...