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This weeks’ installment of insurance fraud, scammers and all around craziness features some astonishing stories. I am continually amazed at the degree of harm people will cause to others simply in the pursuit of money. From murder plotting teens to Department of Corrections Officers committing insurance fraud the insurance industry is not lacking in legal wranglings.
- Insurance Fraud – A former CA Department of Corrections Officer was arrested on May 2 and booked into the Amador County Jail with bail set at $60,000. He was charged with seven felony counts of knowingly presenting a false or fraudulent written or oral statement in support of an insurance claim; four felony counts of knowingly making or representing a false or fraudulent statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining insurance. compensation; two felony counts of knowingly failing to disclose an event that would affect a person’s right to an insurance benefit or payment; one misdemeanor count of knowingly attempting to commit a crime; and a Special Allegation which would add two years onto Felter’s sentence if he is convictedcompensation; two felony counts of knowingly failing to disclose an event that would affect a person’s right to an insurance benefit or payment; one misdemeanor count of knowingly attempting to commit a crime.
- Conspiracy to commit Murder - A Toledo, Ohio girl and her boyfriend, secretly living in her family's house, were convicted of a plot to kill the girl's mother in what the she said was an effort to collect the insurance money and inherit the home. Fields also pleaded guilty to attempt to commit murder in what prosecutors said was an attack on the girls 15-year-old brother, who was stabbed and choked March 9 in the basement of the home. The girl pleaded guilty to complicity in the commission of an attempt to commit murder.
- Insurance Fraud - According to California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigators, on October 21, 2005, the accused was involved in an automobile accident in the city of Twentynine Palms. Almost one and a half hours later, he called Progressive Insurance and paid off the balance of his lapsed insurance policy – a requirement he had to fulfill before he could purchase a new policy with Progressive. Then, while the accused was purchasing a new policy with Progressive, he was asked if he was involved in any collisions in the past three years. He replied no. He then obtained a new insurance policy that went into effect on the evening of October 21, 2005. One hour later, he called Progressive to report he had been in an auto accident.
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"...her boyfriend, secretly living in her family's house..."
OK, how does THAT happen? I mean, the insurance fraud and murder are plenty horrible, but there is definitely something amiss if you don't know that there is a stranger living in your house. How do you not catch on to that, I wonder? It leads to some questions about the whole situation, in general.
Jerry
Posted by: Jerry | June 24, 2008 9:42 PM | Permalink to Comment