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Editorial: "The Accident Swindlers": "Licensing Hospitals to Steal" - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun Times 1980-03-02
Editorial: "The Accident Swindlers": "The Crash and Cash 'Game' and the Chief Perpetrators" - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun Times 1980-02-14
Reaction: "The Accident Swindlers" “Year in Jail for Accident Swindler”
Chicago Sun Times 1980-07-01
Reaction: "The Accident Swindlers" “State to Suspend License of Hospital in Evanston” - Pamela Zekman and Gene Mustain - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun Times 1980-06-06
Reaction: "The Accident Swindlers:" - "State Panel Asks Voiding of Chiropractor's License" - Pamela Zekman and Gene Mustain - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun Times 1980-04-11
Reaction: "The Accident Swindlers": "Panel Blasts Hospital Board'" - Gene Mustain and Pamela Zekman - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun Times 1980-04-10
Reaction: "The Accident Swindlers": "Hospital in Evanston Loses Accreditation'" - Pamela Zekman and Gene Mustain - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun Times 1980-04-08
Follow-up: "The Accident Swindlers": "Smashup Cheats- How They Get YOU'" - Pamela Zekman and Gene Mustain - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun Times 1980-04-06
Story and Editorial: "The Accident Swindlers": "Thompson Bills Hit Accident Fraud" - Pamela Zekman and Gene Mustain - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun Times 1980-04-05
Reaction: "The Accident Swindlers": "State Board Orders Evanston Hospital to Hearing'" - Pamela Zekman and Gene Mustain - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun Times 1980-03-17
Reaction: "The Accident Swindlers": "Hospital Executive's Sideline Pads 'Take'" - Pamela Zekman and Gene Mustain - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun Times 1980-03-11
Reaction: "The Accident Swindlers": "Federal Panel Probes Fake Car-Injury Claims" - Pamela Zekman and Gene Mustain - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun Times 1980-02-29
II-"The Accident Swindlers" - Pamela Zekman and Gene Mustain - Chicago Sun-Times and WLS-TV
"They are counselors at law who counsel fraud. "They each coach their clients to fake or exaggerate injuries to win inflated insurance settlements. They get one-third of the bogus pay-out. . . ."
Chicago Sun Times 1980-02-11
I-"The Accident Swindlers" - Pamela Zekman and Gene Mustain - Chicago Sun-Times and WLS-TV
"Cashing in on crashes. "Thousands collect each year. They fake injuries and turn minor bump-and-bruise automobile accidents into an estimated $3 billion annual bonanza. "That is the accident swindle. It is masterminded by unscrupulous lawyers and ambulance chasers. They tell their clients how to fake pain. They are aided by crooked clinics and doctors eager to play along for profit. "During an eight-month investigation, reporters from the Sun-Times and WLS-TV (Channel 7) infiltrated the swindle and learned how it works. "With the cooperation of the Chicago Police Department and Allstate Insurance, reporters posed as victims of minor automobile accidents that never occurred. . . ."
Chicago Sun TimesWLS-TV (Chicago, Channel 7) 1980-02-10