An Elgin, Illinois man who submitted claims toseveral insurers in phony slip-and-fall incidents could servebetween four and 15 years in prison after pleading guilty totwo felonies, including one count of aggravatedinsurance fraud and one count of forgery.
|The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) was instrumentalin prosecuting 52-year-old Juventino Guzman, who entereda guilty plea on Nov. 6. The organization initially tipped offlocal police after noticing that Guzman used his own nameand ”Prodigio Guerrero” when filing claims with WestfieldInsurance, Hartford Insurance, and Iowa Mutual Insurance for thealleged slip-and-falls.
|Guzman primarily targeted fast food chains.
|Read the whole story from The Courier-News HERE to find out which restaurants weretargets.
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