'The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud conservatively estimates that insurance fraud costs $80 billion a year in stolen claims, not including the social costs,' says James Quiggle, spokesman for the nonprofit coalition of insurers and consumer groups. 'When you start adding in the lost productivity of businesses, the lost life savings of individuals and the cost to investigate and prosecute, the total figure is likely much higher.' From suspicious tainted-food claims to phony slip-and-falls, faked deaths to real murder, here are eight of the most desperate and devious insurance frauds from the coalition's Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame. Behold the havoc wrought by insurance fraud on lives, property -- and ultimately your premiums. ADVERTISEMENT Burning Down the House -- For Profit High living had left Chicago grain futures executive Marc Thompson deeply in debt. In desperation, he torched his home for the $730,000 in insurance money.

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