Fraud of the Week: Hello Mother, Hello Frauder

Encouraging a son or daughter to take part in an activity is part of a parent's job, but one father may have taken it too far.

In November 2008, Travis Lamond Draughn of Virginia filed an insurance claim for a hit-and-run accident involving his vehicle. The claim was paid by his insurer, 21st Century Insurance Company, and may not have raised any flags -- until the same damages were reported one month later by his father in an attempt to gain another payout.

After investigating the case, North Carolina Department of Insurance investigators found that the car was in fact damaged in a previous collision with a tree, and was not involved in a hit-and-run accident. Noah Freeman, Draughn's father, urged his son to file the first claim, and later filed his own in order to collect a total of $4,688 for the two reports.

Both men have been arrested on charges of insurance fraud, obtaining property by false pretense, and felony conspiracy.