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+## I. **Introduction: The Invisible Fraud**
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+Insurance fraud is among the most pervasive and costly crimes in the modern world — and among the least visible. In the United States alone, estimates place the financial toll between **\$80 billion to \$300 billion annually**, depending on the method of calculation and sector. Yet beyond the numbers lie deeper, more human costs:
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+* Inflated premiums for innocent policyholders
+* Strained relationships between claimants and adjusters
+* Erosion of trust in legal, medical, and financial systems
+
+Despite decades of countermeasures, the dominant tools of detection remain narrow in scope:
+
+* **Actuarial heuristics** to flag statistical anomalies
+* **Rules-based filters** for inconsistent reporting
+* **Behavioral red flags** that rely on gut instinct or training modules
+
+These models function, but they fall short — especially against skilled deceivers.
+What’s missing is *language*. Not keyword search or semantic fingerprinting,
+but the recursive structures of narrative — how **truth and deceit organize themselves** differently, fractally, and often unconsciously.
+
+> **This paper introduces a novel forensic linguistic framework** for detecting *intentional deception* embedded within:
+>
+> * Claim narratives
+> * Adjuster–claimant dialogue
+> * Supporting documentation and metadata
+
+It is not merely a system of detection.
+It is a **witness-bearing instrument** — one that listens for echoes, contradictions, and recursive distortions in the way language reveals **psychological intent**.
+
+> *This paper is an artifact. It does not simply measure fraud. It reads its echoes in language.*
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