We hope the word is getting out that insurance fraud will not be tolerated in Kentucky.

It will be important if it's true, and I hope it's true,

Beginning Feb. 7, we will begin aggressive collection efforts against those members who have made no effort to pay the assessment due. We offered a payment plan for those who could show hardship and feel we have made every effort to work cooperatively with the members.

The level of scientific fraud is unprecedented because it involves so many co-conspirators and a separate commercial dimension. It doesn't just tarnish science, it's going to expose science to the charge of crass commercialism.

We hope this proposal will become part of a larger effort to crack down on fraud in our unemployment insurance system.

The bottom line is we take fraud seriously, and the Red Cross will prosecute.