European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes sunday february 16,1992 insurance fraud hot line pays Premium to probes Chicago apr a month old insurance fraud hot line has received More than 2,200 Calls alleging shifty activity including information about a ring of chiropractors believed to be filing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent claims. No arrests have been made but investigators Are following leads on cases around the United states thanks to the toll free hot line said John Maes a spokesman for the National insurance crime Bureau. The Bureau an Industry Trade association was formed last month As part of an Effort by insurers to eliminate what they contend is $17 billion a year in fraudulent and inflated claims. The hot line began receiving Calls Jan. 7 and had logged 2,252 by wednesday. Of those 10 percent to 15 percent a have led to some sort of Active investigative follow up a Maes said from Bureau Headquarters in suburban Palos Hills. The other Calls had information that was too sketchy or involved a somebody who wanted to tattle on a neighbor or be vindictive a he said. A we try to Weed that out As soon As we  once a legitimate Call is received it is turned Over to one of the Bureau s regional offices in Chicago Atlanta or Glendora calif., near los Angeles. By the Washington Post Washington a a former receptionist for Cecil b. Jacobson testified Friday that she repeatedly saw the former Fertility doctor go to the restroom with a vial in his pocket just before insemination patients arrived. Nancy Whitten who worked for Jacobson from late 1980 to mid-1982, also told the court that she never saw a sperm donor visit Jacobson a reproductive genetics Center in Vienna a. Jacobson had told patients that he had a Large Anonymous donor program. Under questioning by assistant . Attorney David Barger Whitten added that Jacobson a lengthy visits to the restroom would occur after 3 . And that insemination patients were scheduled a almost always in the afternoons almost always 4 or 5 .�?� appearing on the fourth Day of trial in . District court in Alexandria the Ohio resident was the first former employee to testify against Jacobson who has been charged with 52 counts of fraud and perjury. Whitten a testimony paralleled pretrial accusations by assistant . Attorney Randy 1. Bellows who said the government s evidence showed that Jacobson had never employed a sperm donor. Bellows alleged that Jacobson fathered As Many As 75 children during his 12-year Fertility practice by using his own semen to impregnate insemination patients. Six witnesses who testified earlier in the week said they had undergone Dan tests that indicated Jacobson is the biological father of nine of their children. James r. Tate one of Jacobson a attorneys Saidman acquitted in cripple Creek Colo. A a jury on Friday acquitted a Man charged with manslaughter for giving his ill Mother the gun she used to kill herself. �?o1 think i might get some sleep now a Dick Bauer 50, said after the verdict. Bauer was accused of helping his Mother kill herself last july. He admitted giving Wanda Bauer 69, her own loaded gun which she used to shoot herself in her cripple Creek Home. He said he would do the same thing again. A i could t live with her being in pain a Bauer said. A but i could live with myself for giving her the  jurors deliberated 90 minutes. In testimony wednesday Bauer said his Mother racked with chronic and agonizing abdominal pain had contemplated suicide for some time and demanded that he agree not to a let her die a horrible  the Day she killed herself she had been misdiagnosed with terminal liver and pancreatic cancer. An autopsy found she had life threatening but potentially treatable liver abscesses and abdominal infections. Bureau investigators Many of whom Are former Law enforcement officers then try to determine whether fraud is taking place Maes said. Cases will be turned Over to local Law enforcement agencies if fraud is found. A if something like this does get off the ground it would be an effective tool for communities to utilize said John Hoos an Fri spokesman in los Angeles. Maes said Many Calls Are Anonymous reports of isolated instances of fraud Quot like reporting that someone who a supposed to be on workers compensation disability was seen chopping Down a tree with a Chain  a one Case that was particularly interesting that we re going to take a very close look at. Involves an attorney who has been in league with some chiropractors and they would be responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical claims and Legal Bills resulting from Auto accidents a he said. Maes said the alleged ring operates in a Southern state and was reported by another lawyer. Maes declined to provide details because the Case remains under investigation. A a we re dealing with an enormous problem a Maes said a but we certainly Hope that arrests will result and convictions and prosecutions will result. That a our primary purpose in running the  Early in the trial that his client used his own semen on occasion but explained that it was Only when the Anonymous donor failed to appear at Jacobson a office on time. Several witnesses have said Jacobson told them that he had a donor Pool comprising mostly of medical students and that he could find donors whose physical characteristics matched the patients husband. Legitimate sperm Banks routinely had been offering patients a donor profile that included information such As race hair color and medical history. But because his the virus that causes aids has been of increasing concern since the Early 1980s, almost All Banks now offer Only Frozen Jacobson sperm that has been quarantined for at least six months before undergoing a final aids test. The Frozen sperm is either delivered to the physicians office or picked up by the patient and taken to a clinic. Donors Are paid an average of $50, and sperm Banks sell the samples for As much As $140, according to statistics kept by National sperm  s suicide Bauer testified that his Mother asked him to bring the pistol into the House just before her suicide. He said he tried to persuade her to wait until he made a 45-minute trip to get her pain medication but she kept demanding the pistol. A when i handed her the gun i could see in her eyes she was serious this time a he said. He told her a i can to stay Here and let you do this a and he left the room. She shot herself minutes later. Defense attorney David Kutinsky said the jury followed the Law which requires that the prosecution show Bauer intended for his Mother to commit suicide. Assistant District attorney Bill Edie said he never thought he would win the Case but said his office was obligated to bring charges. If the jury had convicted Bauer Edie said he would have recommended a Community service sentence. Jurors were reluctant to discuss the Case. Jury Foreman Harry Marsteiner said a enough has been  Colorado is one of 27 states in which aiding a suicide is a crime.  fire kills 1 at Texas Amoco facility from wire reports Lake Jackson Texas a a fire broke out Friday at an Amoco underground storage facility killing one worker and seriously injuring  the Accident occurred around noon in an area where ethylene and propylene Are stored near Amoco a chocolate Bayou Plant. The cause of the fire and the amount of damage it caused Are under investigation company spokesman Ray Thompson said. The fire was quickly brought under control he said a it happened in the area where a couple of contractors were working and there was some sort of a Flash fire a Thompson  found in fish Rock Springs Wyo. A the catch of the Day turned into the mystery of the season when a Fisherman discovered a human thumb in a expound Lake Trout he landed. Blake Robinson caught the fish thursday night at flaming Gorge Reservoir in Southwest Wyoming said Sweetwater county Coroner Mike vase. Quot i think that a fish being caught that has a human thumb in it.,. Is basically less Likely than winning the California lottery a vase said Friday. The digit most Likely belongs to a person who lost a thumb in a boating Accident last summer he said. But authorities also said that More than five people drowned in the Gorge and that their bodies were never  renaming protested Philadelphia a no offence to Christopher Columbus but some people would prefer that one of Philadelphia a oldest streets not be renamed for the famed explorer. A new protest group Stop the name change contends that changing the name of Delaware Avenue to Christopher Columbus Boulevard is just another slap in the face to american indians. The Road that runs along the Delaware River was named for the Delaware indians in the late 1600s. But the City Council voted recently to change the name. New Street signs already have gone up. Members of the protest group said there must be other ways to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus voyage to the new world a ways that Are not insulting to  for Gem abandoned Beaverton Ore. A police have Given up a search for a $4,100 Diamond that a thief apparently swallowed at a jewelry store. The store called police feb. 6 after catching Robert w. Hicks trying to leave with the three Quarter Carat Diamond he attempted to switch with a fake police spokesman Mark Hyde said. A store camera showed Hicks 25, apparently swallowing the fake and the real thing said Kevin Charlson sales manager at Smith amp Bevill jewellers. The stones should have passed through Hicks intestinal system in two to four Days Hyde said. Police searched his stools and retrieved the fake on feb. 9. But by thursday there was no sign of the real Diamond and police abandoned the unpleasant search. A the most logical conclusion is that in our search of his stools we missed it a Hyde said. Hicks remained in jail on a theft charge and a drug related warrant from  aide to be named Washington president Bush will name Justice department official George Terwilliger Iii to be the departments second in command the White House said Friday. Terwilliger a appointment As Deputy attorney general had been expected. He was the chief aide to attorney general William Barr when Barr served As Deputy to former attorney general Richard Thornburgh. After Thornburgh quit to run for the . Senate Barr was named to replace him. Thornburgh a bid to become a senator from Pennsylvania proved unsuccessful. ,. Terwilliger currently has the title of principal associate Deputy attorney general and previously was . Attorney in Vermont. Sperm donors never visited Fertility clinic sex employee says