It's been said that lightning doesn't strike twice in the sameplace, but as Earl Scott found, that's not the case with fraudcharges.
|The North Carolina man claimed to hear a loud boom, after whichhis plasma television, Blu-ray player, and other high-endelectronics failed to work. Following this, Scott turned in workorders from a repair company and filed a claim for $33,971.91 intotal lightning damages.
|On Sept. 25, 2009, police arrested Scott for insurance fraud. Asit turns out, the repair company had been the product of Scott'sown little brainstorm, and the work orders he sent to back hisclaim were from a company that does not exist. At least he made iteasier on investigators, though, as the false company documentswere sent through his own post office box.
|Scott has been charged with two counts of insurance fraud andtwo counts of obtaining property by false pretense. He is beingheld at Wake County Jail under a $20,000 bond. Even in the case ofhis charges, when it rains -- it pours.
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