Welcome to the official website of the Southern California Fraud Investigators’ Association. The organization is dedicated to serving fraud investigators and prosecutors from governmental agencies and the private sectors. SCFIA’s membership consists of adjustors, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, attorneys, private investigators, corporate security, loss prevention personnel, and others that combat fraud. SCFIA’s goal is to provide fraud training and networking for our membership. The association has bi-monthly Lunch & Learn meetings. Our guest speakers are scheduled for a 45-60 minute presentation on the most up-to-date fraud-related subject matters.
SCFIA Conference is being endorsed by NICB and California Department of Insurance!
2017 SCFIA Annual Conference
October 3-5 2017 at The Riviera Palm Springs Hotel
2017 Sponsors, Exhibitors/Vendors
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Our Next Lunch & Learn is
Thursday, September 7th, 2017
Speaker: TBA
TOPIC: TBA.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Speaker: NICB SPECIAL AGENT SANCHEZ
TOPIC: Investigative Success: A How to in the Fraud World
Operation Project Smart: This presentation will discuss a few NICB investigations thru their final disposition. The audience will identify various insurance fraud schemes, investigative obstacles and the steps taken toward a successful investigative conclusion.
MAY 4, 2017 LUNCH & LEARN
SPEAKER: MALISA TRIMBLE – SPECIAL AGENT NATIONAL INSURANCE CRIME BUREAU (NICB)
TOPIC: Strategies for Multi-claim / Major Medical Investigations- This presentation will advise:
- How to identify potential cases
- How to Collect and Organize Data
- Utilizing Resources
- Getting “Buy In” from Management / Law Enforcement
- Case Presentation Styles, for both Civil and Criminal
Malisa Trimble has over 10 years prior law enforcement experience followed by an additional 8 years working for a large private auto insurance carrier specializing in major medical fraud before joining NICB as a Special Agent in 2012. For the past 4 years she has developed the medical fraud programs in Southern California with NICB’s Mini-medical Fraud Task Force and IS regular instructor for the NICB Medical Investigations Academies. Special Agent Trimble was also part of a notable investigative team that was award the NCCHA “Investigation of The Year” for the FBI’s Operation Backlash case in 2016.