Dear Ms Cohan,

Please find attached ACC's response to your request of 18 February 2014.
 
Thanks and kind regards,
 
Adam

       
Adam Houppermans, Advisor, Government Services, ACC
    Ex 45979
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jane Cohan [[1]mailto:[OIA #1476 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 18 February 2014 7:19 p.m.
To: Information Website Mail
Subject: Official Information Act request - Fraud investigations on
Sensitive Claimants

     Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,
    
     Please provide me with the following information, with all requests
     being for the period 2000-2014 (up to and inclusive of date of
     provision of the requested information, below):
    
     What is the total number of sensitive claimants that have been
     referred to the ACC Fraud Investigation office for follow-up
     investigations by them.
    
     How many sensitive claimants referred to the ACC Fraud Office are
     internal referrals first initiated by Sensitive Claims Unit
     employees, regardless of designation or title.
    
     How many referrals for sensitive claimants are internal referrals
     initiated from external ACC Branch Offices and by ACC employees,
     regardless of designation or title.
    
     How many referrals in respect of sensitive claimants,are received
     from external sources, either informally or formally direct to the
     ACC Fraud Office (and otherwise), including those that may have
     been received anonymously or through the ACC Fraud Hotline or any
     other forum, being some examples.
    
     How many sensitive claimants referrals to the ACC Fraud Unit,
     received by them both internally and externally, are closed without
     any further action being required from the referral point.
    
     Of the numbers of sensitive claimants who have been referred to the
     ACC Fraud Office for investigation, how many of those
     investigations are then referred externally for further follow-up,
     for example, a referral to a Private Investigation company or
     companies.
    
     How many sensitive claimants whereby investigations have been
     undertaken by the ACC Fraud Unit and by way of external referrals
     and inquiries by, e.g., Private Investigators etc, are then
     referred to the NZ Police for further and formal (or informal)
     investigations by this agency and;
    
     How many sensitive claimants who have been investigated by the NZ
     Police as a result of a referral from the ACC Fraud Unit or
     external to that through other sources,whereby no further action
     was required.
    
     Please provide me with the number of sensitive claimants whereby a
     formal prosecution has been initiated by the NZ Police, that is,
     the sensitive claimant is formally charged by that agency and;
    
     The number of prosecutions first initiated by ACC, that have
     resulted in a successful prosecution against the sensitive
     claimant.
    
     What is ACC's policy, processes or operational guidelines etc,
     that exist or are in place, that ensures the safety of the claimant
     itself, both directly and indirectly, and, that of the sensitive
     claimants confidential, private and personal health information or
     is information that indirectly relates to the claim. Please provide
     me with a copy of any such processes and so on and as listed).
    
     How does ACC ensure that the claimant is safe regardless of wrong
     doing or no wrong-doing and what is ACC Fraud Unit's policies,
     processes, operational guidelines and so on, in respect of fraud or
     otherwise, of sensitive claimants. Please provide copes of same.
    
     Thank you.
    
     Yours faithfully,
    
     Jane Cohan
    
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